• automation, image processing, and light and laser technology in industrial environments

sensory analysis

02.09.2025 • News

Baumer acquires force sensor specialist

The company is strengthening its position in force and strain measurement by acquiring Swiss company X-Sensors AG, a specialist in high-precision sensors.

10.06.2025 • Contributions • Machine Vision

For the Battery of Tomorrow

Sensors and Measuring Systems for Monitoring Production Processes in Battery Cell Manufacturing

06.06.2025 • Contributions • Machine Vision

Small and Lightweight Lidar Sensor for Robotics and Drone Applications

Lidar Depth Sensor Provides Precision Measurement Accuracy, Distance Resolution and Measuring Range

02.06.2025 • News

Contract extension and management change at Sick

The Supervisory Board of Sick has extended the contract of CEO Dr. Mats Gökstorp by five years.

13.05.2025 • News

Combining photonic networks with acoustic sensing

New approach to achieve unprecedented accuracy and energy efficiency in fiber optic sensing.

13.05.2025 • News

Innovations in sensor technology honored

The AMA Association for Sensor and Measurement Technology has honored two development teams with the AMA Innovation Award 2025.

09.05.2025 • News

Impetus for future technologies in sensor and measurement technology

A total of 348 exhibitors from 24 countries and around 8,000 participants attended Sensor + Test in Nuremberg.

06.05.2025 • News

Quantum dots for lidar sensors

Silver telluride colloidal quantum dots for a better shortwave infrared photodetection.

30.04.2025 • News

Smartphone photo sensors works as antimatter camera

A new device can pinpoint antiproton annihilations with a high resolution, 35-fold better than previous real-time methods.

23.04.2025 • News

Innovation dialogue for sensor and measurement technology

Sensor + Test 2025 in Nuremberg is set to become a central industry gathering for sensor, measurement, and testing technology

21.03.2025 • News

New AMA/VDI study now available online

The recently published study “Sensor Trends 2030” by the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement and the VDI highlights key developments in sensor technology

19.03.2025 • News

Generation change at Pepperl+Fuchs

New management from May 2025

20.02.2025 • News

Efficient fabrication technique for single photon detectors

New devices are based on fractal superconducting nanowires.

23.01.2025 • News

Building better infrared sensors

Proof-of-concept device outperformed commercial indium gallium arsenide photodiodes in responsivity.

17.12.2024 • Contributions • Machine Vision

Safety First: How to Make EV Batteries Roadworthy with 3D Sensors

Visual Inspection of Weld Seams of EV Batteries

05.11.2024 • News

Measuring defects to better understand quantum systems

Researchers develop a new method to measure defects in diamond quantum systems, crucial for improving sensor stability and reliability.

22.10.2024 • News

AMA Innovation Award 2025: Applications can now be submitted

We are looking for groundbreaking research and development results from sensor and measurement technology with recognizable market relevance. The deadline for submissions is January 23, 2025.

17.10.2024 • News

First demonstration of a dual-media NV diamond laser system

New approach to measure extremely low magnetic fields in the femtotesla to picotesla range.

20.09.2024 • News

Tiny quantum sensor to make a big impact

A new 2D quantum sensing chip can simultaneously detect temperature anomalies and magnetic field in any direction.

09.09.2024 • News

New method for 3D quantitative phase imaging

All-optical multiplane design eliminates the need for digital phase recovery algorithms.

01.07.2024 • News

Photonic chip integrates sensing and computing

Technology eliminates optical-electronic conversions for ultrafast machine vision.

07.06.2024 • News

Glass sensors 3D-printed on optical fibers

New approach could enable faster internet or smaller sensors and imaging systems.

22.04.2024 • News

Tunable colored films for displays and sensors

New method allows the simultaneous fabrication of multiple structural colors responsive to mechanical stimuli.

04.04.2024 • News

Controlling biofilm formation using optical traps

As a tool for influencing biofilm growth patterns, laser manipulation could enable biofilms to be used for sensors.

25.03.2024 • News

Photon-counting improves ultraviolet spectroscopy

Optical frequency combs make ultraviolet spectroscopy more sensitive and more precise.

12.03.2024 • News

Business unit moves from Fraunhofer FEP to Fraunhofer IPMS

The microdisplays and sensors branch transfers to the neighboring sister institute to bundle competencies, leverage synergies.

12.02.2024 • News

Environmentally friendly quantum dots for fast photodetectors

A novel method for synthesizing InSb/InP colloidal quantum dots stable under ambient conditions.

31.01.2024 • News

Organic electronics lead to new ways to sense light

A new soft, flexible, and wireless optical sensor based on carbon nanotubes and organic transistors.

30.01.2024 • News

Detecting smallest material defects at an early stage

In aerospace technology or the automotive industry, quantum magnetometers can increase the resilience and safety of systems and materials, researchers from the recently completed Fraunhofer lighthouse project QMag find.

29.01.2024 • News

Non-toxic quantum dots for infrared image sensors

A new method for synthesizing functional colloidal quantum dots integrable with CMOS technology.

22.01.2024 • Contributions • Photonics

Integrating quantum sensors onto chips

Quantum technologies: Bosch aims to use sensors to take a leading position, describes areas of application from medicine to mobility in a new PhotonicsViews article.

19.01.2024 • News

3D-printed components for a portable mass spectrometer

New approach for lightweight and inexpensive miniaturized mass filters.

12.01.2024 • Contributions • Photonics

Image sensing revolution makes 2024 the ‘year of the quantum dot’

Nanoscale semiconductor particles are making waves in the sectors including autonomous vehicles, food inspection, medical devices, artificial intelligence, and more, as industry players increasingly seek to expand their access to infrared data.