Imaging

Machine Vision

Here are the latest developments, technical briefs, and viable solutions regarding machine vision that are essential to applications for automatic inspection, process control, and robot guidance.

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Question of the Week: Software
Would You Use A.I-Driven Laser Cutters like SensiCut?
Laser cutters are a popular tool for today’s design engineers. Users, however, still face difficulties distinguishing among stockpiles of metals, woods, papers, and plastics.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Fiber laser machinery, polishing pitch, beam collimators, and more.
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Articles: Software
In the high-tech sector, there's been a shift from “just-in-time” to “just-in-case” inventory strategies.
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Articles: Motion Control
To make robots truly see, you need the right software.
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Articles: Imaging
These 12 products are the nominees for the 2021 Tech Briefs Readers’ Choice Product of the Year.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
See top suppliers and manufacturers in over 20 categories, including high-speed cameras, sensors, and optical components.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Aerospace Manufacturing - August 2021
Demanding applications in the aerospace industry require products and systems that are manufactured using the latest technologies – from design and simulation, to fabrication and final testing. To help...

INSIDER: Imaging
Autofocus, Waterproof Lenses Edmund Optics® (EO) (Barrington, NJ) offers the TECHSPEC® LT Series and TECHSPEC® Cw Series fixed focal length lenses. TECHSPEC® LT Series fixed focal length lenses combine an integrated liquid...
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Special Reports: Imaging
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Machine Vision/Camera Advances - July 2021
Advances in cameras and image sensors are transforming the factory floor, while also enabling exciting new applications in space robotics, medicine, and more. Read all about it in this compendium of...

Special Reports: Connectivity
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Smart Factory/IIoT - June 2021
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in AI, connectivity, controls, and sensors. In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Sensor...

Products: Test & Measurement
Vision systems, signal generators, AC-DC converters, and more.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Cable ties, milling software, snap-action switches, and more.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
A heat source near the optical path can introduce image warping that locally shifts the position of the image content. Learn how to fix the flaw.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fiber coatings measurement, single-frequency laser, optical filters, and more.
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Products: Imaging
Industrial robots, motor disconnect switches, position sensors, and more.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Bandpass Filters MidOpt® (Palatine, IL) introduced the BP450 Indigo Bandpass and the BN450 Narrow Indigo Bandpass, two new filters designed for multi-application use. The BP450 enhances the viewing of subjects illuminated by a...
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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Optical interference filters are critical to the overall performance of machine vision applications. So how do you select the right one?
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
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Products: Imaging
Multi-sensor imaging systems, eyesafe laser finders, machine vision algorithms, and more.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
New collaborative robot-based vision systems are changing how manufacturers can inspect their parts.
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INSIDER: Medical
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector. Based on miniaturized...
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INSIDER Product: Imaging
Machine Vision Cameras Teledyne DALSA (Waterloo, Canada) announced its new Falcon4-CLHS M4480 and M4400 cameras, based on the Teledyne e2v Lince 11.2M monochrome sensors. The new Falcon4-CLHS interface cameras have been...
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Products: Test & Measurement
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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Application Briefs: Connectivity
Learn the USB3 and GigE vision standards, how they keep pace with imaging technologies, and how augmenting the cabling is critical for optimal performance.
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Articles: Test & Measurement
The COVID crisis is propelling the camera industry toward disruptive transformation.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Video can be recreated from motion-blurred images and new cameras may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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Articles: Motion Control
When inspecting products for instance, machine vision is not only faster but also far more accurate.
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Facility Focus: Aerospace
Rensselaer Engineering focuses on solving the “grand challenges” facing humanity.
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