The OPC UA machine vision and robotics working groups have released the first versions of their companion specifications at the automation trade fair Automatica in Munich, Germany
This article provides an overview and comparison of the next generation of the Ethernet, USB, Camera Link, and CoaXpress standards, and introduces Thunderbolt3 as an interface to watch. These camera interfaces have helped to shape the growth of the machine vision industry and will continue to do so into the future.
An industrial embedded vision interface and the merits of merging the CoaXPress and Camera Link HS standards will both be discussed during the International Vision Standards Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany from 14 to 18 May
Comparing basic camera specifications such as frame rate, resolution and interface is easy. Comparing imaging performance of cameras such as quantum efficiency, temporal dark noise and saturation capacity is not. First we need to understand what these various measurements really mean. This white paper will address these questions and will explain how to compare and select cameras based on the imaging performance data following the EMVA1288 standard.
Matthew Dale reports from a VDMA CEO round table event, where European vision firms were warned that they must adapt to compete in emerging markets
The German engineering association VDMA, in cooperation with frame grabber manufacturer Silicon Software, will host around 150 industry experts at the next International Vision Standards Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on 14-18 May
The European Machine Vision Association has appointed Arnaud Darmont as its new standards manager, who will be responsible for identifying new standardisation needs
Eric Bourbonnais from Teledyne Dalsa has been appointed chair of the GigE Vision standard committee, as work continues on new standard releases
Professor Dr Bernd Jähne at HCI, Heidelberg University, and an EMVA board member, argues that an open lens-camera communication standard would greatly benefit the machine vision community
Part 3 of the standard VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632, which gives guidelines on machine vision integration, has been published by the Association of German Engineers, VDI, and the VDMA
In the run up to the Fifa World Cup, Greg Blackman examines how video analysis is used to improve the performance of top athletes
Keely Portway looks at the changing relationship between human and robot in industrial environments, and the latest vision innovations involved in bringing them together