Novarc Technologies Raises $50M

Quantum computing company Alice & Bob have raised €100 million ($104 million) in a Series B funding round. The funds will serve to accelerate the company’s development of a scalable...

Axelera AI, a provider of purpose-built AI hardware acceleration technology, has closed an oversubscribed $68 million Series B financing round, bringing the company's raised total to $120 million....

Dutch quantum computing company QphoX has raised an €8 million ($8.7 million) funding round. The investment is reportedly the largest made in a quantum company in the Netherlands to date. QPhox...

TRUMPF has partnered with machine learning system-on-chip developer SiMa.ai to equip TRUMPF laser systems with AI technology, focusing on the acceleration of complex materials processing. This will...

The Vision & Weld from Kistler in collaboration with Nidec SYS is an optical quality insurance system for finding and removing NOK parts in the production of punched parts. The system combines...

Coherent’s high-power F-theta lens is meant for applications such as additive manufacturing, EV battery welding, and laser cleaning. The lens is available in 266-nm, 355-nm, 532-nm, and 1070-nm...

The ARM FL from Coherent is a compact adjustable ring mode fiber laser for industrial laser applications. The laser’s internal active power control and back reflection insensitivity helps to...

Texas Instruments’ family of six Arm® Cortex®-based vision processors allow designers to add more artificial intelligence (AI) processing, in applications such as machine vision and...

Technological advances have resulted in new, higher-quality sensors that enable machine vision cameras to deliver greater features and functionality at a lower cost than ever before. These factors...

Imaging has long been used in industrial processes to measure, monitor, control, or otherwise manage the production of goods. The challenge to the process designer is to develop a tool that captures...

Images are produced by many means: cameras, x-ray machines, electron microscopes, radar and ultrasound. They are used in the entertainment, medical, scientific and business industries; for security...

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...

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....

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Today’s vision systems have many advantages if you have the right lens for the job. Applications such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), bin picking, stereo vision, and agricultural monitoring all...

The ability to combine more than one spectral band into a single optical filter can enable flexibility of system design and reduce the number of components and the costs needed to achieve a desired...

E-Mobility is a critical component of the solution to the global environmental crises. However, the sophistication of e-mobility welding processes has introduced new challenges to manufacturers,...

The Future of Photonics: Three Perspectives brings together three expert viewpoints on the future of the photonics industry. You will learn: global optoelectronics market outlook through 2021 trends...

Two critical elements in the ever-growing deployment of intelligent camera systems with machine learning AI capabilities is data quality and data quantity. The sensor that generates this information...

Barry Lavine describes a new infrared (IR) imaging-based approach to automotive paint forensic analysis. He shares an experiment in which spectral data from all of the layers in a cross-sectioned...

A subtractive colorimeter that expresses a liquid's or object's color as a combination of three colors. These colors are developed through viewing the specimen object through three series of slides,...

Welding laser systems refer to specialized equipment used for joining materials through the application of a high-energy laser beam. These systems utilize laser technology to melt and fuse materials...

Robotic arms, also known as robot arms or manipulator arms, are mechanical devices designed to mimic and perform the functions of human arms. They consist of multiple articulated segments, joints,...

Laser lenses, also known as optical lenses for laser applications, are specialized lenses designed to manipulate and control laser beams within optical systems. These lenses are crucial components in...

Discover how Emergent Vision Technologies is advancing high-speed, high-resolution imaging at VISION 2024 with innovative camera solutions, transforming applications in automation, AI, and more. New...

Experience how LUCID Vision Labs is advancing machine vision with innovative imaging technologies showcased at VISION 2024, setting new standards for industrial and AI applications. Displaying seven...

SUNY Albany will become the home of the new Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Teledyne Technologies is expanding after acquiring contracts from Excelitas. IonQ is in the...

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...

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

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

Mundt recognizes the Future Requires Technology Changes The Art of Science gives new meaning to the world of Laser Workstations Address the future with the advanced combination of...

New Imaging Technologies (NIT) offers CMOS and InGaAs imaging sensors and cameras operating over a dynamic range of more than 140 dB. Our sensors are particularly useful for machine vision,...