On the track of corrosion using machine learning
Evaluate corrosion test panels rapidly and objectively
Contributions
Do I Really Need Machine Vision?
Selecting Vision Systems for Cobot-Based Quality Applications
Gobo technology improves 3D metrology
Ultra-fast and -robust 3D sensing
Manufacturing Data Platform Showcases Smart Factory Automation
Increasing Efficiency in Production
AI and Optics: Working Hand in Hand for Enhanced Quality Control
Potential of artificial intelligence in machine vision
Deep OCR on the Edge: No buzzword bingo, but real customer benefit
Optical character recognition with AI support
Precise measurement and analysis of the smallest details
Diverse 2D/3D machine vision in macro- and microscopy
1.7 Million Pins per Day: Checking the vehicle electronics
Application of laser scanners in the automotive Industry
“Bringing Together India’s Machine Vision Industry”
Interview with Raghava Kashyapa, Co-Founder of Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA)
Solutions for wire and busbar stripping
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews discusses challenges for busbars in mass production, and high-speed CO₂ laser busbar de-coating methods.
PARMS coating technology for UV to IR laser applications
A new article in PhotonicsViews discusses the production of high-quality oxides-based optical filters with low losses.
Line beam shaping with a tailored anamorphic diffuser
A method for improving the narrow-axis integrated intensity uniformity in laser line beam shaping for partially coherent laser sources is presented in the PhotonicsViews e-Special 1/2025.
How 3D printing can optimize and simplify production processes
3D printing platform enables the on-demand production of high-quality replacement and serial parts at any desired location, in the right quality and quantity
Cobots as a central building block for the future of industry
What do cobot-to-cobot interactions mean, how do they work and what are the advantages?
The 10 trends in automation in 2025
Which trends will define the year 2025? We have listed them for you.
High-Speed, SWIR, and Event-Based Cameras at SPIE Photonics West
Lucid will showcase its latest camera innovations and advanced sensing technologies at SPIE Photonics West, the leading optics and photonics event, taking place from January 28–30, 2025, in San Francisco, California.
SPIE Photonics West 2025: A preview
Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.
Beginning to see the light
A new early view article in PhotonicsViews presents a rigorous far-field model that allows to calculate the reflectance of the via.
Trained Quickly, Inspected Swiftly
Handling and Defect Inspection of Indexable Inserts
Safety First: How to Make EV Batteries Roadworthy with 3D Sensors
Visual Inspection of Weld Seams of EV Batteries
How laser material processing can benefit from OCT technology
A qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrashort-pulse processing of glass in a technical article – now online and in PhotonicsViews issue 1/2025.
Machine Vision Accelerates Battery Production
Laserax’s machine vision system speeds up battery module welding with precision, reducing waste and improving production efficiency for various industries.
Laser cleaning of insect residue without surface alteration
Insect residues disturb and interrupt the laminar air flow on airplane wings after a while. These residues therefore need to be repeatedly removed. Shockwave-based laser cleaning of insect residue on stainless steel (1.4544.9) is presented in an early view article in PhotonicsViews.
THWS uses BV software in teaching
Education: Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt relies on MVTec Halcon for academic training
Tracking greenhouse gases with a laser
Faced with advancing climate change, we drastically need to monitor and understand the various sources and sinks of greenhouse gases worldwide in real time. One approach to accomplishing this is to regulate and monitor man-made methane emissions. Laser systems as developed by researchers at Fraunhofer ILT offer ways to do exactly that. At the heart of lidar instruments, they can precisely determine greenhouse gases in the atmosphere with high spatial and temporal resolution, even from great distances, and do so worldwide.
Embedded Vision Summit: Where Engineers Connect Directly
Interview with Jeff Bier, Founder and CEO of Edge AI and Vision Alliance
Embedded Vision: Fast Time to Market with Low Hardware Costs
Interview with Product Manager Magalie Haida from Automation Technology
Eliminate the Need to Build Multi-chip Processing Solutions
SoC for End-to-End Acceleration for AI-Driven Embedded Systems
Shaping the future of photonics and quantum technologies in Germany
The opportunities and challenges of photonics and quantum technologies were addressed at the Photonics Germany Future Summit in Berlin.
Gas detector to prevent millions of air pollution deaths
A new gas-sensing network that analyzes multiple gasses in real time in towns and cities is being developed to prevent deaths caused by ambient air pollution.
OCT for automated conventional welding in the automotive industry
Experts from Lessmueller Lasertechnik discuss the advantages to extend the use of OCT – as known from laser welding – to classical GMAW in an early view article of PhotonicsViews.
Flexible laser plastic welding as an addition to AM
Individualization, shorter product cycles and prototyping are leading to increased use of additive manufacturing in industry. A reliable and versatile process like laser plastic welding is needed to join parts with other additively manufactured or injection molded parts.
inspect award 2024: The nominees have been announced and voting has begun
The jury of the inspect award 2024 has nominated ten products in each of the categories “Vision” and “Automation + Control”. Online voting is now open.
Light technologies buck trend despite global economic turmoil
New research published today shows the photonics industries in Europe, the US, and Asia outpaced global GDP from 2019 to the post-pandemic period of 2022, growing at a CAGR of 6.8 %.
