In today’s roundup from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) which highlights some of the latest news and headlines in unmanned vehicles and robotics, Amazon tests a communication system between UAS, Airobotics receives remote operation, out-of-sight UAS flight certification in Australia, and AUVs are deployed for hydrographic mapping services Brazil. [Native Advertisement] Amazon tests… Continue reading Unmanned systems: UAS traffic management from Amazon, flight permissions for UAS in Australia, underwater mapping project planned for AUVs in Brazil
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Industry 4.0: Machine vision’s role in the smart factory
In recent years, the “smart factory“concept that arose from Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) topics has become an increasingly popular term. Smart factories, via IIoT-enabling technologies, have the potential to improve productivity, reduce waste and downtime, and optimize manufacturing processes. [Native Advertisement] Machine vision has a key role to play in the… Continue reading Industry 4.0: Machine vision’s role in the smart factory
Embedded vision system powers advanced holographic label production
Combustión Ingenieros, based in Bogota, Colombia, a producer of holographic products such as labels and manufacturing equipment, has utilized an embedded vision system developed by Vision Components to develop Firefly, a microlithography system that allows users to upload image files and use those images as templates for producing holographic label designs that can be used as… Continue reading Embedded vision system powers advanced holographic label production
Self-contained tracking camera from Intel targets robots and autonomous devices
New from the Intel RealSense line of products is the T265 standalone tracking camera, which uses proprietary visual inertial odometry simultaneous localization and mapping (V-SLAM) technology with computing at the edge for accurate and low-latency tracking for applications such as robotics, drones, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality. [Native Advertisement] Intel’s RealSense Tracking Camera T265… Continue reading Self-contained tracking camera from Intel targets robots and autonomous devices
Mobileye and Ordnance Survey partner to advance autonomous vehicle safety
Mobileye, an Intel Company, has partnered with Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, to bring location data to U.K. agencies and businesses, with the aim of advancing smarter cities and safer roads for autonomous vehicles and more. [Native Advertisement] Ordnance Survey’s geospatial and technology expertise will be paired with Mobileye’s automotive camera-based mapping capabilities… Continue reading Mobileye and Ordnance Survey partner to advance autonomous vehicle safety
High-speed cameras enhance automation and measurement applications
Whether they be stand-alone systems or tethered to PC-based systems, high-speed cameras are tackling industrial and scientific measurement and troubleshooting applications. Today’s CMOS-based cameras have redefined exactly what entails high-speed. In the past, tube-based cameras operating at 25 fps (PAL) or 30 fps (NTSC) were commonly used in the broadcast industry. When tube-based sensors were… Continue reading High-speed cameras enhance automation and measurement applications
Using 3D stereo vision to inspect bonding wires
Overcoming challenges of horizontal wires, parallel vertical wire spacing, and shadow effects in wire bond inspection Dr. Timo Eckhard 3D stereo imaging techniques are often used in bonding wire inspection, but numerous challenges exist. One example is the difficulty in using block-matching algorithms for solving the correspondence problem, since certain bonding wires may have a… Continue reading Using 3D stereo vision to inspect bonding wires
Autonomous mobile robot aided by 3D vision harvests sweet peppers
An autonomous mobile robot developed as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 (H2020) framework that uses a 3D camera and object identification and tasking planning algorithms to harvest sweet peppers has been officially introduced after years of research and development. Go to Source
Has 3D imaging finally come of age?
When people mention three-dimensional (3D) imaging, what comes to mind? Do you think in terms of technologies? There’s single-camera triangulation, stereoscopic cameras, structured light and Time of Flight imaging techniques. Do you think about applications? Does vision guided robotics (VGR) come to mind first? If so, Vision Systems Design has a long tradition of covering… Continue reading Has 3D imaging finally come of age?
Wind turbine inspection drones utilize machine vision for consistent results
Industrial wind turbine towers can reach as high as over 400 feet, making inspection of turbine blades hazardous for human operators. Thanks to machine vision and the utility of UAVstfqtcfzufeetdqxzvszbusttvayruauftbfs, these risks can be eliminated completely. [Native Advertisement] SkySpecs, headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Amsterdam, Netherlands, offers fully-automated drone inspections of wind turbines.… Continue reading Wind turbine inspection drones utilize machine vision for consistent results