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  • Teledyne DALSA cameras help University of Toronto Aerospace Team at Unmanned Systems Canada competition

    Teledyne DALSA cameras help University of Toronto Aerospace Team at Unmanned Systems Canada competition

    Teledyne DALSA provided 2 Genie cameras for the mission. The primary payload, a Genie TS-C4096 provided coverage of surveillance regions with high ground resolutions for effective target detection and characterization. A second Genie Nano C1940 model provided color imaging from a multirotor. In 2018, both teams plan to deploy the Genie Nano C5100 as their primary imaging payload.
    By: Teledyne
    09 August, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou 2018 to highlight IIoT development

    SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou 2018 to highlight IIoT development

    Being a sister event of the SPS IPC Drives from Nuremberg Germany, SIAF will showcase a variety of products from its related sectors including robotics, machine vision, sensors and measurements, connectivity systems, drives systems and control technologies, bringing a one-stop marketing and knowledge exchange opportunity to the Chinese industry.
    08 August, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • Bitflow announces joining of European Machine Vision Association

    Bitflow announces joining of European Machine Vision Association

    BitFlow aims to help shape the future of the region's machine vision technology and standards in conjunction with EMVA partners, as well as to leverage its membership to expand distributor relationships and boost demand for its frame grabbers.
    07 August, 2017 | 1 minute
  • PI announces opening of German Technology Center

    PI announces opening of German Technology Center

    Housing additional 200 workplaces, as well as test and measurement laboratories, clean rooms and environmental chambers, and an auditorium for seminars and training events, the Center brings together PI’s development teams into one shared space to promote interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration in a creative workspace.
    By: PI Vision
    04 August, 2017 | 1 minute
  • VisiConsult helps Swiss security company automate counting processes

    VisiConsult helps Swiss security company automate counting processes

    dormakaba, at its production site in Ennepetal in Germany, was looking for some support for the annual inventory and found the electronical component counting system XRHCount from VisiConsult.
    02 August, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Dell delivers IoT infrastructure to Emerson, Talisen and Innodep

    Dell delivers IoT infrastructure to Emerson, Talisen and Innodep

    According to a new report published by Dell Technologies and the Institute for the Future (IFTF), emerging technologies such as IoT, along with massive advancements in software, big data and processing power, will reshape society.
    28 July, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Scottish, Swiss scientists find imaging technique to reveal magnets' internal patterns

    In a new paper published in the journal Nature, scientists based in Scotland and Switzerland describe how they have used tomography and high energy x-rays, combined with a novel reconstruction algorithm, to peer inside and reconstruct the magnetic structure of a micrometer-sized 'pillar' of gadolinium-cobalt magnetic material for the first time.
    27 July, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Association for Advancing Automation announces fall lineup of three conferences

    Association for Advancing Automation announces fall lineup of three conferences

    Together, the three events address disciplines central to automation—robot safety, motion control, motor technologies, vision systems, and collaborative robots.
    30 June, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • Bitflow sponsors Purdue University Hyperloop team at SpaceX competition

    Bitflow sponsors Purdue University Hyperloop team at SpaceX competition

    The Purdue team made a solid showing at the first Hyperloop competition this January in held at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, finishing 7th out of a field of 27 universities. The team spent the Spring semester refining its original pod in preparation for the second competition set for August 25-27, 2017.
    28 June, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Yaskawa Motoman announces Jorge Cosio as General Manager of Yaskawa Mexico

    Yaskawa Motoman announces Jorge Cosio as General Manager of Yaskawa Mexico

    In this position, Cosio will be responsible for the company’s strategic direction and sales growth in Mexico. Additionally, he will be responsible for the operation of Yaskawa’s three facilities located in Mexico (Aguascalientes, Apodaca and Queretaro).
    By: Yaskawa Motoman Robotics
    20 June, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Questions to Ask When Specifying a Frame Grabber for Machine Vision Applications

    Questions to Ask When Specifying a Frame Grabber for Machine Vision Applications

    Standardization has changed the game in many industries, making life easier for engineers and manufacturers alike. Nowhere has standardization been more keenly observed than in frame grabbers.
    By: BitFlow
    06 June, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • VDMA announces VDI/VDE/VDMA 2632 part 2 machine vision standard

    The directive now provides a recognised, international common basis if there is need for clarification among project partners. Furthermore, the directive will help mitigate language barriers: Each paragraph is printed in both languages side by side. The tables have the same structures in both languages.
    22 May, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Improving Plant Safety with Industrial Automation

    Improving Plant Safety with Industrial Automation

    By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation With the introduction of driverless cars by brands such as BMW and Google, safety is being revolutionised through autonomy. But what can other industries learn from this? This article discusses how new technology and increased automation improves safety across sectors.
    15 May, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • North American Robotics Market Surges 32 Percent in the 1st Quarter of 2017

    North American Robotics Market Surges 32 Percent in the 1st Quarter of 2017

    An all-time high total of 9,773 robots valued at approximately $516 million were ordered from North American robotics companies during the first quarter of 2017. This represents growth of 32 percent in units over the same period in 2016, which held the previous record. Order revenue grew 28 percent over the first quarter of last year
    15 May, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Matrox Imaging announces launch of Matrox Vision Academy

    Matrox Imaging announces launch of Matrox Vision Academy

    Designed to better serve Matrox software users located around the world, the on-demand Matrox Vision Academy expands upon the current classroom-based on premise training sessions to help users build out skill sets and knowledge on their own timeline and from their preferred location.
    By: Matrox Graphics Inc.
    04 May, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Teledyne DALSA to preview LWIR camera platforms at AUVSI XPONENTIAL

    Teledyne DALSA to preview LWIR camera platforms at AUVSI XPONENTIAL

    Teledyne DALSA will highlight its configurable LWIR camera platform at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in booth #1231. The exhibition takes place May 9-11 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
    By: Teledyne
    03 May, 2017 | 1 minute
  • EE Boost chooses C3DLabs' products for simulation software development

    EE Boost chooses C3DLabs' products for simulation software development

    EE Boost chose C3D Labs’ line of products for the development of its simulation software of wave behavior in acoustic, elastic, electronic, and photonic applications.
    27 April, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Konrad announces Mauricio da Silvia as Vice President of Engineering

    Konrad announces Mauricio da Silvia as Vice President of Engineering

    Prior to joining Konrad USA, Mr. da Silva was Director of Engineering at Apple, Inc – Cupertino, California and before that he was Vice President of Operations at Siemens COM, Inc – San Diego, California.
    04 April, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Teledyne DALSA to highlight automated inspection solutions and machine vision at Automate 2017

    Teledyne DALSA to highlight automated inspection solutions and machine vision at Automate 2017

    Teledyne DALSA will feature its BOA Spot ID advanced barcode reader and latest innovations in thermal imaging in booth #459 at Automate 2017
    By: Teledyne
    03 April, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • Micro-Epsilon's displacement measurement sensors to be used in European telescope project

    Micro-Epsilon's displacement measurement sensors to be used in European telescope project

    The European Southern Observatory based in Garching, Germany, is relying on displacement measurement systems from Micro-Epsilon for a project to build the world’s largest mirror telescope in Chile, which also involves French cooperation partner Fogale. The inductive sensor systems used for displacement measurement determine the position of each single mirror segment in three axes to nanometer accuracy.
    By: Micro-Epsilon GmbH & Co. KG
    24 March, 2017 | 3 minutes
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