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Robot Equipped With 3D Camera Makes Swift Work of IKEA Chair Assembly
SINGAPORE, Sept. 11, 2018 — Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a robot that can independently assemble the individual components of an IKEA chair without interruption in less than 10 min. The robot uses an Ensenso N35 3D camera from IDS and two robot arms equipped with grippers to pick up objects. The robot hardware is designed to simulate how people mount objects. In this case, the eyes are replaced by a 3D camera and the arms by industrial robot arms capable of...
Industrial Sectors Headline VISION 2018
Aug 30, 2018 — VISION 2018, the world’s leading biennial trade fair for machine vision, will run Nov. 6 to 8 at the Messe Stuttgart exhibition and trade fair center in Stuttgart, Germany, a city known as the No. 1 industry meeting point for machine vision....
Framos Joins Embedded Vision Alliance
MUNICH, Feb. 12, 2018 — Imaging technology developer Framos Technologies Inc. has joined the Embedded Vision Alliance as a corporate member. The Embedded Vision Alliance is a worldwide industry partnership that brings together technology providers and end-product companies...
US Marines Deploy New Training Software
ARLINGTON, Va., June 1, 2017 — The U.S. Marine Corps is distributing new tactical decision kits with software for virtual first-person simulations and field exercises to 24 infantry battalions. The training kits, to be rolled out over the next six months, include software...
New Robot Comes to Its Senses
Jun 14, 2016 — Robot design is often anthropocentric — the artificial agents have limbs, features and form factors analagous to our own. Surely the human body is a well-designed system, but now researchers are improving robot sensitivity by moving beyond the...
Mitutoyo to Open Larger M3 Solutions Center
AURORA, Ill., June 14, 2016 — Inspection and measurement technology provider Mitutoyo America Corp. has announced the relocation and grand opening of the M3 Solution Center in Huntersville, N.C. The new 7700-sf facility is available for customers to schedule appointments for...
Pixium Launches Bionic Vision System Trials
PARIS, June 13, 2016 — Pixium Vision said it has received approval from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the U.K. to initiate a clinical trial for patients who have lost sight due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with the IRIS II bionic vision...
Inuitive Licenses Ceva Processor
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9, 2016 — Fabless semiconductor company Inuitive Ltd. has licensed and deployed the CEVA-XM4 intelligent vision digital signal processor from signal processing IP licensor Ceva Inc. for its next-generation, augmented reality and computer vision...
Mitutoyo, Northwest Machine Enter Distribution Agreement
AURORA, Ill., June 2, 2016 — Measurement and inspection technology developer Mitutoyo America Corp. has entered into a distribution agreement with machine solution provider Northwest Machine Technologies to exclusively distribute and support the Mitutoyo coordinate measurement...
Microscopy Brings New Worlds Into Focus
May 31, 2016 — Though the father-son duo of Hans and Zacharias Janssen is widely credited with developing the first microscope in the late 16th century, it was the English scholar Robert Hooke who inspired widespread public interest in the new science of...
InterMountain to Fund Zebra Medical Analytics Creation
KIBBUTZ SHEFAYIM, Israel, May 31, 2016 — Zebra Medical Vision has announced an additional financing round of $12 million led by Utah-based nonprofit integrated care provider InterMountain Healthcare Inc. for the creation of imaging algorithms. Zebra Medical Vision’s analytics engine...
Novanta Acquires Reach
BEDFORD, Mass., May 24, 2016 — Laser, precision and vision technologies provider Novanta Inc. (formerly GSI Group) has acquired touch screen technology developer Reach Technology, expanding its range of medical display technology for OEM customers. Reach Technology specializes in...
Optex Acquires Gardasoft
OTSU, Japan, May 23, 2016 — Industrial LED technology provider Gardasoft Vision Ltd. has been acquired by sensor technology provider Optex Co. Ltd. of Japan. The management of Gardasoft will remain unchanged. The companies aim to grow business and expand product and technology...
Rhodopsin Mimic Advances Light-Sensitive Artificial Cell Design
BRISTOL, England, April 21, 2016 — An artificial mimic of a key light-sensitive molecule could enable techniques for building light-sensitive artificial cells. Professor Jonathan Clayden and colleagues in the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, along with collaborators at...
IR Sensor Provides 'Virtual Touch' for Blind
CINCINNATI, Aug. 13, 2014 — An IR sensor and the concept of virtual touch could help the visually impaired take on many day-to-day activities. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati used an Enactive Torch, a tactile feedback device for experiments in sensory substitution,...
Alcon to Use Google(x) Smart Lens Technology
HÜNENBERG, Switzerland, Aug. 4, 2014 — Alcon, Novartis AG’s eye care division, will collaborate with Google(x) to develop a smart lens that involves noninvasive sensors, microchips and other miniaturized electronics that are embedded within contact lenses. Alcon will use this...
Brain Wave Control Could Improve Vision
URBANA, Ill., April 25, 2014 — The brain's preparation state -- whether it's focused or unconscious -- can have a significant impact on vision. Alpha waves, which characterize the brain’s electrical activity while at rest, can influence vision, a team of researchers from...
It’s a bird – it’s a plane – it’s the octocopter!
Feb 12, 2014 — Sometimes taking to the skies is the best way to see what’s happening on the ground. Rothamsted Research of Harpenden, England, hopes that will be the case for crop studies: The agricultural research institute has obtained a remote-controlled...
Cyros Receives 2014 AIA Achievement Award
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 28, 2014 — Years of dedication to the vision and imaging industry have earned Michael Cyros, chief commercial officer of Allied Vision Technologies, the 2014 AIA Achievement award. Cyros received the honor, regarded as the industry’s top leadership...
Flir Closing Facilities, Merging Optics and Lasers
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Oct. 15, 2013 — Flir Systems will close up to six sites in the US and Europe and consolidate its optics and laser manufacturing businesses under a realignment plan announced Tuesday that is expected to save the company more than $20 million a year. The thermal...
. . . and Everything in Its Place
Aug 1, 2013 — Machine vision advances help with sorting tasks in manufacturing. In an automated manufacturing environment, things must be placed accurately and very quickly: Industrial sorters frequently must decide in milliseconds where a blueberry should go....
Software Unites Vision and Robotics
Apr 1, 2013 — Vision technology gives robots the ability to see, and today’s software enables robots to pick up more details, opening the door to an extremely wide range of applications. For decades, vision has been making its way into industrial automation...
Robots Work Better with Vision Enhancements
Oct 1, 2012 — Machine vision trends in use on (or coming soon to) the factory floor include 3-D and better resolution. Industrial robots with mere vision can’t keep up anymore – now they have to image in greater detail and in 3-D. Where these trends...
OCT, Adaptive Optics Net €1M Vision Science Award
LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 17, 2012 — Pioneers in optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics for retina visualization received the 2012 António Champalimaud Vision Award late last week in recognition of the techniques’ applications to in vivo study, diagnosis and...
$1M Donation Supports Online Laser Eye Surgery Education
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2012 — Laser vision correction pioneer Dr. Charles R. Munnerlyn and his wife have donated $1 million to advance Web-based laser surgery education for ophthalmologists, the American Academy of Ophthalmology announced recently. The academy said the gift...
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