Automatica 2020
An exhibition for smart automation and robotics.
Dr Reinhard Heister at VDMA Robotics and Automation on the plans for the new OPC Vision standard
Robotics
Robot with 3D vision assembles Ikea chair in nine minutes
26 September 2018
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have built a robot that can assemble an Ikea chair in less than 10 minutes
Multipix Imaging to supply vision equipment to future factory research centre
23 August 2018
UK vision equipment supplier, Multipix Imaging, has become a member of the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Sick PLOC2D and PLB 520
13 July 2018
Sick has launched 2D and 3D vision-guided part localisation systems for robot picking from a belt or from a bin
MiniPick3D, IntelliPick3D, and Car Paint Vision
13 July 2018
Isra Vision has released a compact sensor with quad-camera technology, which enables bin picking for small components
EU Spirit project to advance robot inspection
3 July 2018
A three-year EU research project, called Spirit, has begun that aims to reduce engineering costs when setting up inspection robots in factories
Best of bin picking at Automatica
22 June 2018
Robot bin picking has been worked on for a number of years, and while it has been shown to be possible it’s only now that the technology is coming to fruition. Greg Blackman looks at what was on display at Automatica
Well-oiled machine
15 June 2018
Keely Portway looks at the changing relationship between human and robot in industrial environments, and the latest vision innovations involved in bringing them together
Data-driven business models inspired by 3D vision
24 May 2018
Data is now a fiercely guarded asset for most companies and, as the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, Framos’ Dr Christopher Scheubel discusses potential new business models based on 3D vision data, following a talk he gave at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara this week
Salmon slaughterhouse installs 3D vision robot killer
22 May 2018
A robot designed to kill salmon has been installed in a fish farm in Norway to automate its slaughterhouse. Tordivel's Thor Vollset described the system at the UKIVA Machine Vision Conference in Milton Keynes on 16 May
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Greg Blackman reports on the latest lens technology presented during Vision Stuttgart, including optics designed to withstand shock
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Greg Blackman on how advances in lighting, optics, and sensor technology are turning hyperspectral imaging into an industrial inspection tool