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Case Study Endoscopic Otoscope Lens
Advancing Endoscopic Otoscope Lens Manufacturing in Biomedical Engineering Avantier delivers high-precision medical device machining and assembly solutions tailored ...
Sept. 26, 2025
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Tackle it with new lighting and optical inspection technologies such as differential interference contrast imaging and polarized pupil division technology
Sept. 25, 2025
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This article covers the fundamental characteristics of coaxial cables influencing the maximum reachable distance for camera data downstream, upstream control and power distribution...
Sept. 23, 2025
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High-Precision Infrared Objective Lenses for Analytical Instruments
Project Background Avantier partnered with a leading scientific instrumentation company to design, produce, and supply High-Precision Infrared Objective Lenses. These custom optical...
Sept. 22, 2025

Cameras and Accessories

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Take Vision Systems Design's brief quiz on the fundamentals of hyperspectral imaging.
Sept. 30, 2025
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Compact camera designed for embedded vision applications such as robotics, bin picking, and inspections.
Sept. 26, 2025
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Figure 1: UCY Technologies' modern optical sorting line uses hyperspectral cameras to identify plastics and contaminants in real time, enabling fully automated, high-efficiency recycling.
Hyperspectral imaging enhances industrial manufacturing by providing detailed chemical and spatial data across entire scenes, enabling real-time defect detection, material classificatio...
Sept. 25, 2025
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Camera with on sensor AI processing is designed for a variety of machine vision applications such as classification, object detection, and anomaly detection.
Sept. 24, 2025

Factory Automation

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Justine Murphy describes a machine vision system to monitor the health of industrial machinery and another system to inspect welded joints on automobile shells.
Sept. 5, 2025
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Figure 1: At a recent trade show, Vision and Control Systems showcased an end-of-line inspection system featuring a motorcycle. The system included two FANUC CRX cobots and two Cognex vision systems.
ONDEX Automation, a factory automation integrator, acquires Vision and Control Systems in a bid to expand into machine vision.
Aug. 22, 2025
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Lion Vision has developed a an automated system that detects batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries, in a recycling stream. Lithium ion batteries can be particularly dangerous fire hazards if they are crushed or cut.
System uses cameras, AI algorithms to detect batteries in electronic recyclable stream.
June 12, 2025
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Figure 1: Porsche uses a machine vision system that projects patterns of light onto the surface of a car, and the reflections are captured in images.
The 3D machine vision system projects patterns of light on the surface of the car, and a deep learning module analyzes distortions in the reflections to identify defects.
June 6, 2025

Non-Factory Automation

Jiarong Hong Lab, University of Minnesota
Figure 1: Autonomous drones capture images of a smoke plume over time.
University of Minnesota researchers create a scalable drone swarm system utilizes high-resolution cameras and neural networks to analyze smoke plume dynamics.
Sept. 16, 2025
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Figure 1: euctecma inspects cold storage boxes used in the transport of temperature-sensitive items such as food or medicine.
By integrating RFID tracking, 3D imaging, and modular cleaning processes, a system developed by eutecma and phil-vision enhances the lifecycle of EPS boxes, offering a scalable...
Sept. 12, 2025
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Figure 1: Viewing this problem as an opportunity, innovators have developed automated approaches to weeding—such as the machine pictured here from John Deere—that use machine vision, such as 3D imaging, and deep learning.
John Deere and other companies use embedded vision technology to distinguish between weeds and crops automatically, improving efficiency on commercial farms.
Aug. 13, 2025
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Figure 1: Three Hydrus drones descending to the sea floor at Hall Bank coral reef, off the coast of Western Australia.
Q&A with Alec McGregor, Sr. AI Engineer, About Using Underwater Drones To Build 3D Digital Twin Image of Coral Reef.
July 3, 2025

Embedded Vision

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Figure 1: The latest ultrasonic sensors with 3D capabilities and powered by tiny high-performance ultrasonic emitters and receivers could provide a low-cost solution for robotic obstacle detection in crowded spaces.
This article explores advancements in ultrasonic sensor technology, particularly ADAR, which provides a solution for obstacle detection in dynamic human-robot environments.
Sept. 29, 2025
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Computer designed for embedded vision applications, including automated inspections, logistics, and packaging tasks.
Sept. 19, 2025
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Figure 1: Researchers at MIT developed a robot control system using vision and AI and tested it on numerous robots including the 3D-printed robotic arm pictured here.
MIT researchers introduce a deep learning approach enabling robots to be controlled using just one RGB camera, potentially broadening design possibilities and reducing costs.
Sept. 2, 2025
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The developer's kit from Prophesee is built around the company's event-based image sensor.
Aug. 29, 2025

Boards and Software

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FIgure 1: ABB and LandingAI announced a collaboration to integrate LandingAI's computer vision software into ABB's robotics programming tools.
ABB Robotics is incorporating computer vision software from LandingAI into its RobotStudio suite, aiming to reduce application deployment time across numerous industries.
Sept. 18, 2025
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EyeVision 4.5 designed for classic and AI driven image processing applications.
Aug. 28, 2025
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Aug. 18, 2025
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Figure 1: A specific use case for AI-enabled industrial machine vision is line clearance, a critical process in pharmaceutical manufacturing, that ensures all materials, labels and records from a previous batch are removed before a new one begins. Using optimized embedded edge AI solutions, operations can be greatly enhanced for speed, accuracy and compliance over traditional standard manual inspections.
Engineers face challenges in developing AI enabled-embedded vision systems including model selection, hardware compatibility, and dataset curation.
Aug. 11, 2025