ABB Names Chief HR Officer

Quantum Science, an infrared quantum dot technology company, has appointed Billy McLaughlin as its first COO. He will be responsible for leading the company’s commercial operations as the...

Optica has appointed Judith M. Dawes as the editor-in-chief of Optics Continuum, effective March 1. Dawes takes over for Takashige Omatsu, who led the journal as the founding editor since 2018. Dawes...

Automation company ABB has opened its refitted U.S. robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The expansion will support the development and manufacturing of ABB...

Micro-LED developer Mojo Vision appointed Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors. Bhowmik is a former executive at Intel, the current CTO of Starkey, and president of the Society for Information...

The UviTec™ analyzer product family from ABB are optical analyzers for the inspection of water sources and for the wastewater industry. Including optical sensors, controllers, a suite of add-on...

The dart M from Basler AG is a modular board level camera with GigE interface that can be integrated for a variety of uses in factory automation, logistics, and robotics. Due to its modular design,...

The Optimom™ 5D from Teledyne e2v is an imaging module for applications such as smart factories and industrial robotics, logistics and warehouse automation, and 3D facial modeling for...

The smart 2D profile sensors of the OX series from Baumer are made for positioning and inspection tasks in assembly and handling. With the ability to set parameters of the device through a web...

When purchasing an industrial laser system, the astute buyer will look for a Class 1 laser product — a system where the laser beam hazard is completely enclosed and there is no potential laser...

The term fluorescence is often applied as a synonym for photoluminescence, although luminescence actually covers fluorescence and phosphorescence. Both of these terms describe the process of...

Materials processing with lasers is actually a broad term for a diverse range of applications. The major categories of these uses, and the lasers that service them, are summarized Table 1. At one...

This white paper explores the capabilities of MWIR hyperspectral imaging (HSI), specifically the Specim FX50 camera, in effectively sorting black plastics—a challenge for traditional NIR-based...

This application note demonstrates the use of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy for the analysis of human serum albumin. An IR5 FTIR spectrometer was used, equipped with a heated ATR accessory, to help tackle...

Chroma Technology produces machine vision, thin-film interference filters with extremely durable sputtered coatings in various form factors and sizes that work in a wide range of applications....

In this webinar, Mark Noschang and Renato Osaki from Omron delve into the crucial role of industrial vision in revolutionizing robot performance across various applications. From fixed industrial...

One key to achieving industry-wide adoption of 3D vision systems for robotic guidance is the ability to deal with a large variety of materials and objects. However, traditional 3D cameras, such as...

Additional Questions & Answers from the webinar are below Speakers: 3-D Vision for Industrial Robot Guidance Clay Flannigan Manager, Robotics and Automation Engineering ...

This webinar will discuss common pitfalls you may run into when attempting to engineer a bin-picking application and the best strategies for avoiding them. You will learn how to achieve a bin-picking...

CoaXPress (CoaXPress or CXP) is a standardized digital interface and communication protocol used primarily in machine vision and industrial imaging applications. It enables high-speed data...

A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and analyze images to perform automated inspection, measurement, and quality...

A GaAlAs laser is a type of semiconductor laser diode that emits light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is composed of layers of gallium, aluminum, and arsenic, hence...

An instrument that uses a blackened silver-disc reflector with a shutter to create temperature fluctuations that are proportional to the intensity of the solar radiation incident upon it. Using the...

Students from large and small size companies and bigger Department of Defense affiliates of the AIM Photonics Institute took part in the recent AIM Photonics Summer Academy at MIT. This was the third...

Tune into this month's edition of Light Matters for some of the highlights from Optifab 2017, as distributors and buyers from all over the world met in the photonics industry hub of Rochester, New...

In this month's Light Matters Extra, we give you an in-depth look at the recent Luminate Lightning Awards. New York’s Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was there and tells us why Luminate is important...

It's a VISION takeover on Photonics Spectra Now! We're bringing you the latest from VISION 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany while the event is still happening. Machine vision takes center stage as we...

A refractometer is an instrument used to measure the refractive index of solids and liquids. Several types exist, the most common being the Abbe refractometer.

A frame grabber is a hardware device or interface card that connects to a computer or imaging system and is designed to capture and digitize frames of video or images from a video source such as a...

A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and analyze images to perform automated inspection, measurement, and quality...

Teledyne DALSA is a part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions group and a leader in the design, manufacture, and deployment of digital imaging components for machine vision. Teledyne DALSA image...

Imperx delivers cutting-edge, high-performance and reliable ruggedized camera solutions for machine vision, industrial, military, aerospace, medical, life sciences, traffic monitoring, and many more...

Cameras are indispensable in automation. With more than 25 years of experience and subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, South Korea and the UK as well as offices in Europe and Asia, IDS Imaging...

Pleora is a leading supplier of video interfaces for system manufacturers and camera companies serving the military, medical, intelligent transportation, and industrial automation sectors. Our...