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.
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...
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...
MidOpt Welcomes New Marketing Manager Midwest Optical announces that Michael Liuzza has joined the team as Marketing Manager. Liuzza studied Communications and Media at Depaul University in Chicago and has professional experience in healthcare, media, web services and technology.
CFO leaves Stemmer Imaging Stemmer Imaging announces a change in the Management Board. Lars Böhrnsen, Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Management Board on November 30 in order to take on new professional responsibilities. In this context, Böhrnsen will resign from all positions at Stemmer and its subsidiaries as of the end of November 2019.
Lakesight appoints new CCO Lakesight has appointed Dipl. Ing. Henrik Ilsby to Chief Commercial Officer EMEA for the Lakesight Machine Vision entities Allied Vision Technologies, Chromasens, Mikrotron, NET, SVS-Vistek and Tattile. He is working for the recently acquired company SVS-Vistek in the same role, and this will be expanded to all Lakesight...
$20m for AI Based Food Waste Solution Winnow has secured a total of $20m in the last month. The London firm offers AI powered technology to help chefs automate waste tracking. The tech works by taking photos of wasted food as it's thrown away and uses the images to recognise what has been discarded.
DGQ Quality Day For the sixth time, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität e.V. (German Society for Quality) is hosting the DGQ Quality Day on November 28 at the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM), Frankfurt/Main. This year's motto is 'Rethinking Quality Management!' A varied programme consisting of numerous interactive and creative formats offers...
New Coherix Board of Directors Coherix announces that James K. West, previous Board Member, is re-joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately. West is the founder and past president of The Machine Vision Association and former Director of both Robotics International and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
Vision Components MIPI IMX900 camera module integrates the 3.2MP global shutter image sensor Sony IMX900 in a compact, industrial-grade and long-term available design.
The CTR-52 from MBJ Imaging allows you to control up to four LED channels via one controller.
With the multicode reader O2I, ifm shows how IO-Link can be used in image processing.
Emergent Vision Technologies eCapture Pro and eSDK software products now support the dual-port 100G P2100G and quad-port 25/10G network interface cards (NICs) on the Linux operating system.
Scanning packages ranging in sizes from two to 200mm at conveyor speeds of 1m/s is possible with Chromasens allPixa pro 4K line scan camera thanks to its trigger function.
Teledyne Dalsa’s Genie Nano-10GigE 67M cameras are the smallest 10GigE Vision models in the industry achieving full resolution image transfer at up to 14fps.
The Nexos 4.0 software from Eleven Dynamics enables automated measurement processes to be simulated and managed in a digital twin. This means that any robot, sensor and cell configuration as well as external software can be supported. Users do not need to know different software or interfaces, just one.
The laser photothermal technology advanced by Enovasense – a Precitec Optronik subsidiary – measures coating thicknesses of all types (e.g. metal, ceramics, paint, polymers, adhesives, etc.) on any carrier material. This makes it possible to precisely measure the thickness of opaque layers as well as nanometer-thin coatings.
The lock-in principle enables the extraction of the smallest signals from very noisy environments. With the HeliCam C4, Heliotis is also making the process accessible for industrial cameras. A camera that integrates this technology at the pixel level can almost completely suppress sources of interference such as constant background or 1/f noise.
With the VisionPort, Invisium has developed a multifunctional scanner that captures euro pallets, mesh boxes or crates in countless variations on-the-fly in just a few seconds and achieves an identification rate of greater than 98%. An AI reconstructs holistic information from incorrect signals if something is scratched or covered under foil.
Photoneo introduces the 3rd generation of Ambient Light Suppression technology to enable 3D scanning even under the most demanding lighting conditions. The technology not only ensures high scanning quality in direct sunlight, but also for large objects with shiny surfaces, such as cars.
The Poly Robot Automated Fixture System (Prafs) from Protos 3D automates the virtual clamping of Zeiss Metrology’s ScanBox technology. Thousands of different components are held on a flexible device. The parts are changed and positioned automatically in seconds without any mechanical retooling.
