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
Photoneo's 3D vision tech wins robotics award
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
Pick of the bunch
Matthew Dale explores the new 3D vision tools that are enabling automated bin picking
Automatica Sprint to run in June, while US Automate postponed
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
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
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
Our panel of experts discussed how vision can help advance robot automation and improve uptake of robotics in manufacturing
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Keely Portway looks at some of the new imaging techniques advancing biological investigation
Matthew Dale explores the new 3D vision tools that are enabling automated bin picking
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