AI Startup Umbo Raises $8m Umbo Computer Vision, an artificial intelligence company that specializes in autonomous video security, announced today that it's raised an $8m post-A round, bringing funding to a total of $17.6 million to date. Umbo will use the investment to help accelerate its global sales expansion and improve its portfolio of AI-powered...
Formfactor acquires FRT Formfactor announces the acquisition of FRT, based in Germany. The acquisition strengthens Formfactor's leadership in test and measurement by expanding its addressable market into 3D surface metrology. Formfactor paid ?19.7m in cash for the acquisition. Up to ?10.3m of additional cash consideration may be payable subject to the...
Financing for Medical Startup After a mid-six-figure seed round in spring 2018, the Vienna startup Contextflow now received a further investment. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off of MedUni Vienna and TU Vienna, Contextflow specializes in deep learning based image analysis in radiology. Doctors can use the software to make more accurate diagnoses - currently...
Hummingbird Receives $10m Funding UK remote sensing startup Hummingbird has closed its Series B funding round on $10m. Hummingbird, founded in London in 2016, uses drones, AI and satellite imagery to produce high-resolution maps that help farmers forecast crop stress, pinpoint disease and weeds, and predict yields within 24 hours.
Active Silicon Extends its Presence in China In partnership with local distributer Optiger, Active Silicon is strengthening its presence in the Chinese machine vision market. The UK-based manufacturer of imaging products currently works with nearly a dozen distributors in the Far East and even more worldwide. Furthermore, with the appointment of Active...
ISW in-house exhibition 2019 The ISW GmbH in-house exhibition will take place on November 13 in Kölln-Reisiek near Hamburg. The agenda of the event has now been set. As the number of participants is limited, please register in writing and make a binding reservation.
Hyperspectral Imaging conference Chii 2020 The international branch meeting in Hyperspectral Imaging returns May 27 and 28 to Graz, Austria. As in previous years, this cross-sectoral conference will bring together the various stakeholder groups of hyperspectral imaging. The programme will feature a dynamic mix of pitches, workshops and networking along...
3D Manufacturing Techday Faro is hosting the 3D Manufactoring Techday on October 23 in Harsewinkel, Germany, offering insights into 3D laser scanning practices and trends in manufacturing technology. The presentations on the workflow in 3D metrology will be accompanied by a product demonstration.
Successful IVSM in Italy Almost 100 participants attended the International Vision Standard Meeting (IVSM) in Stresa (Italy), this time hosted by Lakesight Technologies and EMVA. The future standards of the vision industry were discussed in various working groups on site.
Over 500 visitors at Stemmer Technology Forum Stemmer Imaging was able to welcome almost 500 visitors to this year's Technology Forum Image Processing in Munich. On the two days numerous lectures were held in six parallel sessions and 40 exhibitors presented their products. With well over 500 registrations already received for the upcoming forums in the...
Performance Overview of Listed Vision Companies The enterprise value of Nanometrics surged 25% on the annual report showing that 2018 revenues of $325m were up 25% over 2017. This and other stock exchange data from October 7 are now available under the link.
New Creaform Demo Centres in Europe Creaform announces that its two European distributors, EMS in Belgium and Measurement Solutions Ltd in the UK, will demonstrate and offer the CUBE-R 3D coordinate measuring machine. Customers can now contact these distributors to make an appointment for a demonstration or to learn more about Creaform's automated...
Gefasoft opens new Company Headquarters On September 20, the new Gefasoft company headquarters at the TechCampus in Regensburg was officially inaugurated. The new building offers a total usable area of 5600m², which consists of an office wing on six levels and a directly adjoining workshop. The ergonomically designed offices for administration, sales and...
inVISION TV: Vision Systems In the latest episode of inVISION TV, we present three interesting image processing systems that can be used for various applications (GMP, tire inspection, inner tube diameter) in this three-minute video.
Thermography User Conference On October 9, interested parties and thermographers from science, industry and safety authorities took the opportunity to learn more about the possibilities of thermography in its demanding field of activity in concentrated form during the User Conference Research & Development. Further information behind the link.
Partnership Zeiss and Senorics Zeiss' investment in Senorics marks the start of a technology collaboration with the sensorics startup based in Dresden, Germany. The partnership aims to further the joint development of small and cost-effective sensors for industrial use in quality assurance and in process monitoring, e.g. on production lines for foodstuffs,...
Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik presents the WMX 600 optical shaft measuring machine with the Quick Detect (QD) function.
Install the sensor, scan the object, visualize and evaluate measurement data, all of this can be done in just ten minutes with the new MetrologyPackage from AT Automation Technology.
ICP Germany offers the E310-10EHI-J6413, a fanless embedded system that can be used for inference systems and industrial control thanks to Hailo-8TM AI IC.
Midwest Optical’s SK100 Filter Test Kit contains 70 filters for UV, VIS and NIR imaging, making it ideal for testing and evaluating image quality.
Engineered to optimize machine vision systems operating at high speeds, Smart Vision Lights ‘Hidden Strobe’ is a solution to the prevalent issue of distracting and disorienting LED strobe lights.
The Keyence VS model series enables quick problem solving for a variety of testing applications thanks to smart hardware architecture.
The IVS 108 of Leuze’s Simple Vision series detects present or absent objects.
Imec demonstrates successful incorporation of a PPD structure in the readout circuit of thin-film-based image sensors; the first of its kind.
The smart version of the SenS 1280 HD SWIR camera by NIT delivers crisp, low-noise images with onboard image features like HD resolution, automatic gain control, and advanced image processing capabilities.
By optimizing the components and the software, Werth increases the range of application of the TomoScope S series.
Fuchs inspection systems can replace a lack of skilled personnel in manual visual inspection with sophisticated inspection sensor technology.
Advanced Realtime Tracking announced the version 3.2.0. of their tracking software Dtrack3 with new features like improved user guidance – just select the wanted target and assign it – and increased camera scalability which is needed for large tracking volumes or angled rooms, like for example production halls, Motion Capture applications or tracking inside of vehicles.
