Revolutionary Movement
Positioning movements in the nanometer range require high-precision control. A new software platform integrates the entire periphery offering more than just motion control.
Machine Vision
Oct. 11–13, 2022, the Vision Show from the Association for Advancing Automation Returns to Boston
The Vision Show is North America’s leading machine vision and imaging event, showcasing the latest products, providing opportunities to meet leading companies, and offering educational sessions taught by top industry experts. For the first time since 2018, the show is returning to Boston Hynes Convention Center this October.
30th Vision Show 2022 Sees Strong Growth in the Number of Exhibitors
Vision, the world’s leading trade fair for machine vision, will open its doors at Messe Stuttgart from October 4 to 6, 2022. New and international players are contributing to the show’s growth. The same applies to Vision Start-up World.
Fast and Accurate Laser Triangulation Sensors with Ethercat/Ethernet
For exact distance measurements, laser triangulation sensors are the means of choice. For direct integration into the manufacturing environment, one manufacturer now presents laser sensors with Ethercat and Ethernet/IP interfaces. This combines precision and integrability in a very compact sensor.
Enabling the Future of Lithium-Ion Batteries
To master the main challenges of electrode inspection tasks, namely the speed of the process and the need to identify ever smaller defects, cameras must be able to keep up with the production speed of the machines. This requires a high line rate while providing enough sensitivity to allow the use of short exposure times, and sufficient pixels to cover as wide a field of view as possible.
Image Processing Secures Wafer Transportation
Until recently, robotics had been used in the individual production steps. Kuka has created a mobile robot that is also responsible for transporting the highly sensitive wafers from station to station. On board the robot is an image processing system from Cognex that is high-performing yet compact in size.
3D Sensor for Real-Time Cake Decoration
In order to respond to the popular cake frosting in the US, a start-up company developed an automatic cake labeling system that relies on the currently fastest 3D sensor in the market developed in Germany. The sensor features a new resolution.
Transmitted light microscope for substance experiments
14.09.22 - Droplet-based microfluidics is a technique that is widely used for experiments and manipulation of substances in the microliter range. The reaction process is usually fast. It is therefore necessary to display and evaluate the movement in temporal and spatial resolution.
3D color camera for AI applications
15.09.22 - Photoneo wants to present its new 3D color camera MotionCam-3D Color at the Vision. The camera enables the creation of colored 3D point clouds in real time of moving scenes with high resolution and accuracy.
Embedded imaging integrated
14.09.22 - At Vision, Phytec will be showing components and services for the fast and cost-effective integration of image processing.
No-code platform for AI applications
15.09.22 - Pleora will present its new AI solutions at the fair. The company's no-code platform, eBUS AI Studio, simplifies the design of AI algorithms.
Faster to the series product
14.09.22 - Vision Components presents the FPGA-based hardware accelerator VC Power SoM, which takes care of complex image pre-processing, can be easily integrated into the design of embedded vision electronics and allows more flexibility when choosing the processor board.
Telecentric Lenses for Vision Control
14.09.22 - As a manufacturer, Canrill Optics has concentrated on telecentric lenses for demanding tasks in industrial image processing.
Homogeneous laser ring without rotating parts
14.09.22 - With the Laser Components Flexpoint Radial laser module, the insides of pipes can be precisely measured.
Machine vision software in new versions
14.09.22 - MVTec is presenting the new versions of its machine vision software products Halcon and Merlic at Vision, both of which will be released this fall.
Software solution for barcode readers and cameras
14.09.22 - Zebra has presented the stationary barcode readers and cameras for industrial image processing V20/40/70.
Remotely control iris, focus and zoom with lenses
14.09.22 - Computar's Lensconnect lens series enables remote control of iris, focus and zoom - depending on the model.
Powerful Systems on Modules
14.09.22 - Aries Embedded is now using Microchip's PolarFire (SoC) FPGA architecture for its M100PF and M100PFS SoMs.
Turn industrial robots into testing machines
14.09.22 - The new software tool Robot Image Capture RCAM converts industrial robots into a universal testing machine.
Camera series in heavy-duty design
14.09.22 - The Fujinon HF-XA-1F series is said to be the highlight of this year's Fujifilm appearance.
In a short time to near-series electronics
14.09.22 - Hema's embedded vision platform can now also be configured with the new System on Modules AMD-Xilinx Kria.
Flexible worker assistance system
14.09.22 - Ifm presents its worker assistance system ifm Mate, with which manual workstations in production can be equipped.
Extended camera family
15.09.22 - Lucid's focus during Vision is on the Triton camera family, which has received a number of new additions.
Downsized line scan cameras go into series production
The Linea Lite cameras are suitable for a wide range of imaging applications. They are 45% smaller than the original Linea and are based on the design of the proprietary CMOS image sensor.
From infrared to deep blue: telecentric lenses with colour correction
15.09.2022 – With the TO42 series, Vision & Control presents a range of telecentric lenses with 42 mm object field diameters. Thanks to special colour correction, they can be used from near infrared to deep blue.
Complete package for implementing embedded vision applications
14.09.2022 – With the Mvblue Naos evaluation kit, Matrix Vision offers a complete package with all necessary components for image acquisition and image processing for the realisation of embedded vision applications.
24 global shutter models complement industrial camera series
14.09.2022 – The camera manufacturer is expanding its Go-X series with 24 more global shutter models equipped with Sony Pregius S CMOS sensors.
Expanded portfolio of boost cameras for fast data transmission
13.09.2022 – Basler has added eight boost models with CXP-12 interface to its range of CXP-12 cameras and components.
Industrial Cameras Made in Italy
13.09.2022 – Opto Engineering introduces Itala: the industrial GigE Vision POE cameras designed and manufactured in Italy.
UV camera for industrial inspection
09.09.2022 – SVS-Vistek introduces the fxo487 ultraviolet camera, which enables industrial inspection in the non-visible UV wavelength range.
Expanded portfolio for the right lighting
09.09.2022 – Basler expands its lighting portfolio with 200 more lighting products. The total portfolio includes 10 types of lighting, from ring to beam to dome lighting, as well as lighting accessories. The Lighting Advisor tool helps to select the right lighting setup.
Guided Tours at Vision 2022
From 4 to 6 October, the organiser of this year's Vision, Messe Stuttgart, is offering theme-specific tours. Visitors thus have the chance to learn about trends for their industry and gain insights into various machine vision solutions.
How to build a custom embedded stereo system for depth perception
This article first describes the main parts of a stereo vision system and then provides instructions on making an own custom stereo camera using off-the-shelf hardware components and open-source software. As this setup is focused on being embedded, it will compute a depth map of any scene in real-time, without the need of a host computer.
Open 3D measurement technology for testing multiple parts
05.09.2022 – Innovmetric introduces the updated version of its smart digital ecosystem for 3D metrology, Polyworks 2022.
Fanless industrial box computer for machine vision
31.08.2022 – Taicenn Technology has expanded its TBOX-3 series of fanless industrial box computers for machine vision.
