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ST releases first 3D sensor with meta-optics
9 June 2022
Metalenz's planar optics are now being manufactured on silicon wafers alongside electronics in ST’s semiconductor front-end 300mm fab in Crolles, France
Time of flight
YinHang and Newsight mass produce restaurant service robots
6 May 2022
The robots provide an innovative service experience in restaurants but have applications in the much larger warehouse market. The robots incorporate Newsight's long-range ToF 3D vision capabilities
Vision-D time-of-flight sensor
8 April 2022
New from Lumentum and Ambarella, Vision-D combines Lumentum’s flood illuminator module for extremely accurate time-of-flight 3D sensing, with Ambarella’s CV22 edge AI system-on-chip
The lab-based prototype lidar system that the research team built captures megapixel-resolution depth maps using a commercial digital camera. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)
New modulator adds time-of-flight to any sensor
31 March 2022
Stanford University researchers say its megahertz modulator could enable megapixel-resolution lidar at a low cost
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Researchers achieve 3D imaging through single optical fibre
10 December 2021
Scientists have built a time-of-flight imager from a single optical fibre, while a group in the US has developed a camera the size of a grain of salt
Support for Sony SWIR and ToF sensors
11 November 2021
Framos has developed support packages for Sony's SWIR and ToF sensors
Helios2+ time-of-flight camera
11 November 2021
Lucid Vision Labs has announced its Helios2+ 3D time-of-flight camera has entered series production
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Omnidirectional time-of-flight sensor to open up robotics use
23 June 2021
A new time-of-flight depth sensor with a field of view of 360° x 60° has been announced by optical design firm Jabil Optics
Gpixel enters 3D market with time-of-flight sensor
6 May 2021
The GTOF0503 sensor features a 5µm three-tap iToF pixel, incorporating an array with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels
D3 Engineering gains access to Microsoft’s 3D time of flight imaging tech
29 January 2021
D3 Engineering has announced a collaboration with Microsoft’s Azure Depth Platform program to provide access to Microsoft’s 3D time of flight imaging technology to a third party ecosystem
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Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Vision Components’ Power SoM is an FPGA-based hardware accelerator. Credit: Vision components
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
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A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
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Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
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
