Greg Blackman looks at how SWIR spectral imaging can help reduce plastic pollution, both through environmental surveys and by improving sorting in recycling plants
Robotics
MotionCam-3D
Photoneo's 3D vision tech wins robotics award
16 December 2020
MotionCam-3D has a depth map resolution of 1,120 x 800 pixels in dynamic mode, and is able to process 15 million points per second
International Conference on Robotics and Automation
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Pick of the bunch
14 December 2020
Matthew Dale explores the new 3D vision tools that are enabling automated bin picking
Automatica Sprint to run in June, while US Automate postponed
14 December 2020
Automate organisers have switched to a virtual event in 2021, while the Automatica show is to hold a condensed version in Munich in June alongside Laser World of Photonics
Automate
Automatica Sprint
Delivering 3D vision's potential
9 December 2020
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe gathered a panel of experts to discuss uptake of 3D vision in robot automation. Greg Blackman reports on what was said
Slamcore joins Nvidia partner network
4 December 2020
Slamcore, a leader in spatial intelligence for autonomous location and mapping, has joined the Nvidia partner network, a programme that guides developers, engineers and innovators to products and services accredited to work with Nvidia products, including the Nvidia Jetson platform
Robotics and 3D vision panel discussion
30 November 2020
Our panel of experts discussed how vision can help advance robot automation and improve uptake of robotics in manufacturing
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The highlighted objects on the left show scaling errors, rotation errors or translation errors, while the objects on the right are a truer representation. Credit: Zivid
Matthew Dale explores the new 3D vision tools that are enabling automated bin picking
Tropical Storm Frank off the south western coast of Baja California, captured by Ames Research Centre's HDVis camera mounted on Nasa's Global Hawk unmanned research aircraft. Credit: NASA/NOAA
Theia Technology’s Mark Peterson outlined the benefits of rectilinear lenses at AIA’s vision solutions conference. Greg Blackman reports
As AMD buys Xilinx and Nvidia acquires Arm, we ask two industry experts what this could mean for the vision sector
Greg Blackman reports on how the heads of AIA, VDMA Machine Vision, EMVA, and UKIVA assess the impact of the pandemic on the vision sector
