inVISION Newsletter Englisch 1 2020



  • New IFR President

    New IFR President The robotics association IFR has elected Steven Wyatt (m.) as its new president. He succeeds Junji Tsuda, Yaskawa (l.), who had been in office since December 2017. Wyatt is Global Head of Portfolio and Digital for ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation division.

  • Geopraevent Becomes Part of Hexagon

    Geopraevent Becomes Part of Hexagon Hexagon acquired Geopraevent as of January 1. Geopraevent will continue to operate as an independent company under its current management. The Swiss company develops avalanche radars with image algorithms for the automatic detection of surface deformations using high-resolution photos or radar detection of millimetre deformations over a distance of several…

  • SWIR Vision Systems raises USD1.01m

    SWIR Vision Systems raises USD1.01m High definition camera manufacturer SWIR Vision Systems has raised USD1,01m in debt. Founded in 2018, SWIR Vision Systems is a spin out venture company for RTI International, and specializes in commercial applications of infrared camera technology for the industrial machine vision, security systems, agricultural, automotive global markets.