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An ever-growing landscape

Consumer imaging technologies like DSLR and smartphone cameras are smaller, cheaper, and easier to use than in the past, and as a result, in the hands of more people than ever...
April 23, 2020
Automated Reconnaissance Drone Picture From Air

Vision-guided drone supports flood and coastal protection efforts

The Hughin drone developed by the Technical University of Braunschweig provides aerial imagery for emergency responders.
May 1, 2019
The MiR200 robot loops around Metro Plastic’s factory floor every 10 minutes, allowing operators to load finished products as soon as they fill a box. This has eliminated clutter and traffic on the floor, reduced the risk of injuries associated with forklift driving, and improved the efficiency of the company’s quality inspections and overall operations.

Autonomous mobile robot improves safety and efficiency at plastic injection molding facility

After Metro Plastics was introduced to collaborative, autonomous mobile robots, clutter and traffic on the floor was nearly eliminated, as was the risk of forklifts driving around...
May 1, 2019
Kelzal’s cameras deploy event-based image sensors to enable efficient, high-speed imaging.

Event-based cameras target surveillance, autonomous vehicle applications

Many of today’s imaging systems such as those used in security and surveillance, retail automation, and autonomous vehicles deploy cameras with frame-based image sensors. When...
May 1, 2019
Andy Wilson, 1956-2019

The five people in your life

Sunday night before the first day of the Automate 2019 show in Chicago, we were hit with the terrible news that we lost our friend Andrew (Andy) Charles Wilson, the founding editor...
May 1, 2019