Wenzel Opens New Branch in Poland On October 29, Managing Director Dr. Heike Wenzel opened the new Wenzel Polska SP site. Z O.O. in D?brówka near Pozna?. Branch manager Lukasz Madry is looking forward to a building with 160m² and space for the demo machines SF 55 and SF 87 as well as offices. More than 40 people took part in the opening, including...
Euresys with new Corporate Design Shortly after its 30th anniversary and the successful acquisition of Sensor to Image, Euresys presents a new company logo. The new logo is a simplified design with minimalist fonts and calm colours. The new tagline 'Empowering Computer Vision' gets introduced as well.
Prophesee Closes US$28m in Funding Prophesee announced that it has closed US$28m in funding, bringing its total funding to date to US$68m. The fundraising follows the launch of the first off-the-shelf and production ready event-based sensor. The funds will be used to drive the further development and commercialization of the sensor and underlying...
Zeiss and Kyoto University consolidate partnership Zeiss and the University of Kyoto are intensifying their cooperation and have signed an agreement on joint research activities. Part of the agreement is the 'Zeiss iCeMs Innovation Core', which opened this week. It is a joint laboratory at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Science at Kyoto...
Framos' AI spin-off renamed Framos has renamed its spin-off Framos AI to Cubemos. It focuses on the development of deep learning and AI software and supports industrial customers in the integration of state-of-the-art AI vision solutions. The spin-off was founded in 2018 after Dr. Andreas Franz and Dr. Christopher Scheubel of Framos recognized the...
SPS Panel Discussion 'How simple is vision really?' On Tuesday, 26th November, the VDMA IBV will be holding the panel discussion 'Not intuitive - how simple is image processing really?' at the VDMA Forum (Hall 5 - Booth 240) during the SPS trade fair in Nuremberg from 4:00pm on. The focus will be on the usability of today's vision systems and whether they...
VDMA MV Pavilion at Automatica 2020 In cooperation with VDMA Services GmbH, VDMA Machine Vision is offering an all-inclusive Fair Package for exhibiting at the Automatica 2020 (16-19 June 2020, Munich), as part of a VDMA Machine Vision Pavilion. The package provides a hassle-free and cost-effective trade-fair participation. Media Partner of the Machine...
25 years of Phytec Imaging After Phytec Messtechnik celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2016, the Imaging division can now look back on 25 successful years. With the smartEye-1, the first smart camera was launched on the market in 1994. Another highlight was the development of camera modules with the standardized phyCam-S and P interfaces in 2010.
Flir IR Cameras for Autonomous Driving Flir announces that its thermal sensing technology has been selected by automotive supplier Veoneer for its level-four autonomous vehicle production contract with a top global automaker. The Veoneer system will be the first in the industry to include multiple thermal sensing cameras that provide both narrow and wide...
Hacarus opens offices in Bayer's CoLaborator Kobe Hacarus announced the opening of its new office in Bayer's CoLaborator Kobe space in Japan. CoLaborator is Bayer's global collaboration space for supporting life science start-ups, with locations across Berlin, San Francisco, Sacramento, Moscow and Kobe - Hacarus is the first AI company to setup at the...
Successful EVE 2019 EMVA board member Chris Yates (Rockwell Automation) welcomed over 130 participants to the second Embedded Vision Europe Conference in Stuttgart. Both days provided a very good overview of current developments, applications and technologies in the fields of Embedded Vision and AI.
New Chairman EUnited Robotics At the EUnited Robotics members' assembly in Brussels on October 18, Wilfried Eberhardt, Chief Marketing Officer, Kuka AG, was elected as new Chairman of EUnited Robotics for the period 2019 to 2022. Wilfried Eberhardt succeeds Walter Zulauf, Director of Technology, Güdel Group AG, whose three-year term had ended. Walter...
Growth Strategy at Stemmer Imaging With a growth strategy and diversification, Stemmer Imaging intends to position itself as a leading provider in the field of artificial vision. A stronger focus will be on value-added offerings based on proprietary software and subsystems. In conjunction with this, the company has announced medium-term guidance for the...
Laser 2000 Distributes Matrix Vision Laser 2000 expands its portfolio of industrial cameras with selected CMOS-sensors from Matrix Vision. The cameras cover a wide range of specifications for every application. The supplier plans to pay special attention to individual customer requirements and camera solutions.
Successful Fraunhofer Vision Technology Days The 12th Fraunhofer Vision Technology Days at the Fraunhofer EZRT in Fürth offered a varied program and a very good overview of current and future possibilities in image processing and measurement technology. Presented by Michael Sackewitz (pictured) from Fraunhofer Vision, 22 lectures and 16 exhibits were...
Thorlabs acquires Optek Thorlabs announced that it has completed the acquisition of Operations Technology Inc. (Optek). Founded in 1978 by Richard Amon, Optek is a designer and manufacturer of large-format, granite-based video and x-ray dimensional measurement systems. These systems are used by machine shops for inspecting precision-machined dimensional...
The Imaging Source is adding the Onsemi AR0521 sensor to its 37 series industrial and board-level cameras.
Mech Mind Robotics Mech-Eye LSR S is an upcoming laser camera for medium-range in- and outdoor applications.
Asus IoT (Distribution Macnica ATD Europe) announced the PE1100N, an ultra-compact computer for AI inferencing at the edge, which is based on the Nvidia Jetson Orin series.
The Excelitas PAX-3 is a 2W Pulsed Xenon Light Source, with a design that is 17% smaller than its µPAX-2 predecessor (the new PAX-3 replaces the older generation µPAX-2).
The Wenglor Discovery Tool is a software for searching and finding Wenglor Machine Vision devices in the network – independent of the network configuration of the system or the PC.
The compact ID readers of the ID-600 series by Di-Soric offer an upgradeable software scope, a robust illumination concept, M12 interchangeable optics as well as extensive optics accessories.
The two 24MP cameras of the Aramis Adjustable 24M Sensor by Zeiss IMT capture even the smallest details of 3D displacements and surface strains – for both point-based and full-surface measurements.
Photoneo releases Locator Studio 1.1.0 – the new version of the company’s 3D picking tool for localization and picking of oriented and semi-oriented items in collision-free environments.
Vzense’s DS series, DS86 and DS87, are industrial-grade depth cameras based on Sony CW iToF chip technology.
Mahr is presenting the mobile surface measuring device for the first time at the EMO 2023.
Efinix´s Titanium Ti180 J484 Development Kit has everything to develop and prototype designs for the Ti180 FPGA.
OPT’s launched self-developed liquid lens. Under combined applications with smart code readers and industrial cameras, it exhibits outstanding performance, achieving instantaneous focusing and offering more flexibility in working distance.
