
Manufacturing Data Platform Showcases Smart Factory Automation
Increasing Efficiency in Production

Increasing Efficiency in Production

Potential of artificial intelligence in machine vision

Optical character recognition with AI support

Diverse 2D/3D machine vision in macro- and microscopy

Application of laser scanners in the automotive Industry

Interview with Raghava Kashyapa, Co-Founder of Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA)

At SPIE AR|VR|MR 2025 and Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, Instrument Systems will present its high-end measuring instruments for optical quality assurance of AR/VR/MR devices along the entire production chain

The latest version of Renishaw's Carto software (v4.12) includes analysis-based data stitch functionality for long axis measurements using the XK10 alignment laser system

Silwir Silicon Protective Windows from Midwest Optical Systems (Midopt) are a cost-effective and readily available solution – compared to germanium – for Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) thermal imaging from 8 to 12µm

JAI introduces two new high-speed line scan cameras in its Sweep Series: the 16K color trilinear SW-16000TL-CXP4A and the monochrome SW-16000M-CXP4A

Flir announced the Flir A6301, a sensitive, cooled midwave thermal imaging camera for 24/7 inspection and automation applications

Emergent Vision Technologies introduces Eros, a small low-power 10GigE camera

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.

Networking, new products, and Nobel laureates complement the broad technical program and four exhibitions at the exciting week in optics and photonics.

In October 2024, the sales team of sensor manufacturer AT Sensors received reinforcements. Since then, Marco Brucculeri has been responsible for the Northern Europe business.

Handling and Defect Inspection of Indexable Inserts

Visual Inspection of Weld Seams of EV Batteries

In line with this year's focus topic, the 7th European Machine Vision Forum on November 7-8 in Mulhouse offered inspiring insights into methods and applications of machine vision for human-machine interaction.

Laserax’s machine vision system speeds up battery module welding with precision, reducing waste and improving production efficiency for various industries.

Three winners in each category were chosen from a total of 20 nominations with just as many exciting innovations. The prizes were awarded at Vision show in Stuttgart.

Live at Vision Show Stuttgart 2024 with Emergent Vision Technologies' HZ-65000-G

This camera line offers many Sensor options including Sony Pregius S sensors and different housing options for all kinds of integrations

Education: Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt relies on MVTec Halcon for academic training

Transform your predictive maintenance approach with the Flir Si124-LD Plus acoustic imager for precise and effective compressed air leak detection

The President and CEO of Smart Vision Lights, Dave Spaulding, will retire at the end of 2024. Steve VanderZwaag, currently Vice President of Engineering, will replace him.

The “Technology Hub”, which PI opened in Karlsruhe in mid-July, is intended to link the company more closely with science. This is why it is located near the KIT in Karlsruhe, among others.

Interview with Jeff Bier, Founder and CEO of Edge AI and Vision Alliance

Interview with Product Manager Magalie Haida from Automation Technology

SoC for End-to-End Acceleration for AI-Driven Embedded Systems

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.

Edmund Optics' first Innovation Summit in Europe will take place on June 13 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, on the topic of "Optical solutions for precision manufacturing".

Avnet Embedded has become a “Platinum Partner” of NXP Semiconductors, which the chip manufacturer awards as part of its “Global Partner Program”.

Vitronic opens a subsidiary in Mexico to better exploit market potential in the automotive, logistics and traffic monitoring sectors.

Viscom parted ways with its Swiss distribution partner Hilpert electronics and is now selling its inspection systems there independently again.

In 2023, turnover in the German and European machine vision industry fell by 7 percent, reports the VDMA. The association is forecasting a decline of 3 percent for 2024.