Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
The system assesses different parts, like these two generators. Credit: Fraunhofer IPK/Larissa Klassen
A project to scan used car parts to identify those that can be reused is underway. The EIBA project is based on 3D stereo cameras and AI
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Greg Blackman reports on a presentation Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics gave about hyperspectral imaging and robotics used in recycling plants
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Recycleye’s vision system is capable of detecting and classifying items in waste streams, broken down by material, object and brand
Greg Blackman looks at how SWIR spectral imaging can help reduce plastic pollution, both through environmental surveys and by improving sorting in recycling plants
Abigail Williams on the uses and current state of hyperspectral imaging, along with the technique’s potential as an industrial inspection tool
Product design firm Cambridge Consultants has built a smart recycling unit that uses both machine vision and machine learning to help consumers identify what waste can be recycled in shops or commercial buildings
Recycling is becoming big business, and hyperspectral cameras are exactly the right tool to help sort the growing volumes of waste, as Matthew Dale discovers
Making recycling profitable is all about sorting waste to a high degree of purity. Hyperspectral imaging offers recycling centres a way to increase the purity of sorted materials and therefore their profits, as Greg Blackman finds out
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Why preparation on lighting set-up will pay dividends when building a vision inspection system, including a roundup of the latest illumination products
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In a post-pandemic world, the need for efficient, optimised factories has never been greater, finds Andrei Mihai
Microcracks can eventually cause an entire panel to shatter. Credit: Teledyne Dalsa
How companies are balancing the demands of increasing inspection speed while making the process more efficient. By Holly Cave
Inspecting tortillas on a high-speed packaging line. Credit: Scorpion Vision
Packaging lines are becoming more automated thanks to vision, especially lines processing food and fresh produce, as Abigail Williams finds out
The panel discussion at Embedded World in June. Credit: VDMA and Framos
Anne Wendel, VDMA Machine Vision, reports on what was said during a vision panel discussion at Embedded World earlier in the year
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Warehouses operate on dollars per square foot, with very different drivers for vision tech than a factory, writes Tom Brennan, president of Artemis Vision
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We round up some of what will be on display when the Vision show opens its doors
The Stemmer Imaging UK team celebrating the 35th anniversary, with Mark Williamson central on one knee. Credit: Stemmer Imaging
Stemmer Imaging celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. We spoke to Stemmer’s Mark Williamson about adapting to a maturing vision sector
