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Vision Spectra - Summer 2023
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AI Brings New Capabilities to Bin Picking
Plucking individual objects from a collection, or bin picking, is a staple of man- ufacturing and processing. Robotic bin picking has been around for decades but often required special expertise to configure, as well as some sort of manual intervention, such as placing parts on a fixture prior to the robot’s actions. However, recent advancements in machine learning and associated AI...
AI Streamlines Inspection in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Visual inspections in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries help to ensure that medications, instruments, and packaged items arrive free of defects for end users. Whether such products are...
Line-Scan Cameras Facilitate Increasingly Higher Throughput
In their most basic form, line-scan cameras have a single row of pixels. To capture an image, the object being imaged must be moving at a known speed. An encoder provides a feedback signal from a...
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AI looms large in Pharma
The margin for error in the pharmaceutical industry is very small; contaminated medications or unsanitary testing kits pose a threat to consumers. To ensure pills, medical devices, and kits arrive in the consumer’s hands defect-free, they must pass inspection. Vision systems today measure unit dimensions, shape, color, and the presence of embossed codes. They can also ensure that packaging...
Vision in Action
Vision-Guided Robot Efficiently Changes Tires
Each year, billions of tires are produced globally. Mounting these tires and performing periodic tire rotations requires precisely aligning lug nuts to wheel studs, the threaded fasteners that...
Automating Barcode Reading Speeds Verification
Germany exported $99.5 billion and imported $60.5 billion worth of pharmaceutical products in 2020, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity. Some of the incoming products are reimports,...
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Vision Spectra Conference to Highlight Innovation
A series of must-see webcasts on topics ranging from machine vision optics to the ever-evolving landscape of deep learning for inspection is on tap for the third annual Vision Spectra Conference....
Logistics, AI, and the Future of Work: An Interview with MIT’s Yossi Sheffi
Yossi Sheffi, Ph.D., is the Elisha Gray II professor of engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he serves as director of the MIT Center for Transportation. He is an...
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Photonis Adds Remote Detection Capability with Telops Acquisition
Sensor and imaging technology developer Photonis has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Telops, a developer and manufacturer of hyperspectral imaging systems and infrared cameras. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Telops is headquartered in Quebec City and has offices in Paris and the U.S. The company markets its cameras...
Diffractive Optical Network Enables Snapshot Multispectral Imaging
UCLA researchers led by Aydogan Ozcan and Mona Jarrahi have developed a multispectral imaging technology capable of turning a monochrome sensor into a multispectral one. Rather than the traditional...
RGo Robotics Forecasts Growth as Company Adds to Leadership Team
Artificial perception technology developer RGo Robotics has named four members to its leadership team, including a dual appointee who will serve as the company’s chief business officer (CBO)...
Hyperspectral Tech of Fraunhofer Spinoff Aids Chip Production
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute....
A3 Presents 2023 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) selected winners of the 2023 Joseph F. Engelberger Awards. Roberta Nelson Shea, global technical compliance officer for Universal Robotics, was selected...
Ifm Takes Over CMS Automatisierungstechnik
Ifm, a manufacturer of sensors and controls for industrial automation, has acquired CMS Automatisierungstechnik (CMS Automation Technology GmbH), a software developer based in Austria. The combined...
Plus One Robotics Raises $50 Million
Plus One Robotics, a provider of advanced AI vision software and solutions for robotic parcel handling, has raised $50 million in series C funding. With the funding, Plus One said it plans to...
SVS-Vistek Cameras Help Test Sheet Metal Safety
Sheet metal is an attractive material for auto manufacturers looking to increase fuel efficiency and reduce overall vehicle weight. Before it can be used for fabrication of components and structures,...
Prophesee, Qualcomm Collaborate on Mobile Device Imaging
Vision systems developer Prophesee has launched a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to optimize its event-based Metavision sensors for use with premium Snapdragon mobile platforms from...
Robert Franz Appointed CEO of Allied Vision, TKH Group Companies
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH, part of TKH Group NV, appointed Robert Franz CEO. Franz will also assume the CEO role for the German 2D Vision companies within the TKH Group. Robert Franz, CEO of...
EVK Acquires Rights to Software Platform from Perception Park
Hyperspectral imaging technology company EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH acquired chemometric software from Perception Park GmbH, a specialist provider of chemical color imaging solutions. The acquired...
Cepton Lidar to Feature in Highway Tolling Systems
Cepton has won a multimillion-dollar sales contract from one of the largest highway tolling system operators in the U.S., the lidar technology company said. Under the terms of the contract,...
Indie to Acquire GEO Semiconductor
Automotive technology company indie Semiconductor has entered a definitive agreement to purchase GEO Semiconductor, a provider of video processing technology for automotive cameras. GEO, a private...
TKH Vision Group Opens Vision Solution Center
TKH Vision has opened the TKH Vision Solution Center in Konstanz, Germany. The center, located at the Chromasens headquarters, will serve as a demonstration and experience center for TKH...
Single-Pixel Camera Streams in Real Time at 100 fps
The speed of most single-pixel imaging (SPI) systems is hampered by the refresh rates of digital micromirror devices (DMDs) and the time-consuming iterations of compressed-sensing (CS)-based...
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Image Detector
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Avalanche Diode Imagers
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IR Laser Diode
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Global Shutter Monochrome Camera
The see3CAM_50CUGM from e-con Systems™ is a 5-MP fixed focus camera based on the Sony® Pregius IMX264 to enable global shutter readout for distortion-free capture of fast-moving targets...
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3D Depth Camera
The Nerian Ruby 3D depth camera from Allied Vision Technologies GmbH is a flexible 3D vision solution that combines 3D stereo camera and image processing system in one device. The camera allows...
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Vision Processors
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...
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CMOS Image Sensor
OMNIVISION’s OS04D is a 1/3-inch optical format, 4 MP image sensor that brings 2K resolution digital images and high-definition video at 30 fps to IP and HD analog security cameras. The image...
OMNIVISION
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Vision System Development Kit
The FSM-IMX570 Devkit from FRAMOS provides vision system engineers with a simple, coherent framework for developing a working prototype of an embedded indirect Time-of-Flight (iToF) embedded vision...
FRAMOS GmbH
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Vision Software
Sapera™ Vision Software Edition 2023-03 from Teledyne DALSA provides image acquisition, control, processing, and artificial intelligence (AI) functions to design, develop, and deploy...
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3D Inspection Sensors
The ECCO 85+ range of 3D sensors from SmartRay GmbH provides 3D image quality for reliable inspection and measurement. The economic and compact sensors are placed within an industrial compact...
SmartRay GmbH
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Area Scan Camera
The EoSens 10CCX12-FM 10 MP area scan camera from Mikrotron GmbH features a global shutter for demanding vision applications in industrial inspection, life science imaging, and 4K video applications...
Mikrotron GmbH
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Artificial Intelligence Platform
The Nuvo-9160GC wide-temperature edge artificial intelligence (AI) platform from Neousys Technology Inc. uses the Intel® 12th-Gen platform and an 130-W NVIDIA RTX™ GPU card. Featuring...
Neousys Technology America Inc.
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Item Detection System
The In-Sight 2800 Detector from Cognex Corp. is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based item detection system to improve logistics operations with edge learning. Simple setup and robust...
Cognex Corp.
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Optical Module
The Optimom 1.5 M from Teledyne e2v Ltd. is a turnkey optical module that can be instantly integrated into vision systems. The complete board-level vision extension is made to accelerate...
Teledyne e2v France
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Videoscope
The Extech HDV700 videoscope from Teledyne FLIR inspects hard-to-reach areas in support of automotive, building inspection, plumbing, manufacturing, and HVAC industries. Weighing 705 g, it...
Teledyne FLIR
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System on Module
The VAR-SOM-MX93 System on Module from Variscite Ltd. is based on the NXP i.MX93 application processor for smart edge systems. The module runs on a 1.7-GHz Dual Cortex™-A55 NXP iMX93...
Variscite Ltd.
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Telecentric Lenses
The TC4MHRP and TC4MHRP CORE high-resolution telecentric lenses from Opto Engineering are designed for sensors up to 4/3-in. With a large optical aperture, the optics offer low distortion, high...
Opto Engineering S.p.A.
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SWIR Cameras
The Triton™ SWIR IP67-rated 1.3- and 0.3-MP cameras from LUCID Vision Labs Inc. are compact, cost-efficient devices featuring Sony SenSWIR InGaAs sensors. The GigE Power over Ethernet...
LUCID Vision Labs Inc.
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3D Vision Camera
The Femto Mega 3D vision camera from Orbbec 3D Technology International Inc. provides real-time streaming of processed images over Ethernet or USB connections for use in logistics, robotics,...
Orbbec 3D
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