CameraCubeChip global shutter sensor
28 May 2019
OmniVision Technologies has announced the OVM7251 CameraCubeChip global shutter sensor
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
VR
Alpina Partners acquires significant shareholding of VR firm Virtalis
6 July 2017
Alpina Partners, an independent investment firm, has acquired a significant shareholding in Virtalis, a virtual reality (VR) provider that will become part of a larger group of software companies in Alpina’s portfolio
Machine vision firms target embedded market
4 May 2017
Greg Blackman reports from the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, where Allied Vision launched its new camera platform
Lucid VR wins Embedded Vision Alliance startup competition
3 May 2017
Virtual reality imaging startup, Lucid VR, has won the Embedded Vision Alliance’s Vision Tank competition at this year’s Embedded Vision Summit
Will Sony remain the image sensor king forever?
16 March 2017
Greg Blackman reports from Image Sensors Europe in London, where Sony’s dominance in the image sensor market, along with sensing for automotive and virtual reality were discussed
Augmented reality visor to assist doctors during surgery
8 March 2017
European scientists are developing an augmented reality surgical visor capable of superimposing a patient’s x-ray images and other medical information in perfect 3D unison with their anatomy
Next-gen imaging at CES
4 January 2017
A look at some of the gadgets incorporating imaging that will be launched at CES 2017, taking place this week in Las Vegas
Augmented reality aids brain surgery
4 August 2016
A neurosurgeon in the US has used augmented reality to overlay scans onto live images during brain surgery
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MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
Credit: Drag&bot
Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
