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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Deep learning has helped to make great strides in machine vision technology, but there are additional data-centric tools that can help new applications come to life. Find out more...
CCD374 for Sentinel-4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: ESA
The different requirements of industrial and space imaging have led to distinct sensor development paths that diverge and intersect in interesting ways, as Benjamin Skuse finds out
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Clever manipulation of light is allowing researchers to image deeper into tissue to ultimately further our understanding of the brain. Abigail Williams investigates
One of SweGreen's eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen
Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse
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There’s a renaissance underway in shortwave infrared imaging as thin-film photodetectors come online. Tim Hayes reports
