In this article, which appeared in the January issue of Vision Systems Design, we took a look at a number of companies at the VISION 2012 tradeshow in Stuttgart, Germany which demonstrated vision-based robotic systems designed to perform automation tasks. Many of the systems used 3D imaging techniques to locate and analyze objects in a variety of scenarios, including one company that developed a system that automates the process of fish fileting by recreating a 3D image of the fish and using that image to determine the size, quality, and positioning to enable a cutting mechanism to filet the fish.
James Carroll
Former VSD Editor James Carroll joined the team 2013. Carroll covered machine vision and imaging from numerous angles, including application stories, industry news, market updates, and new products. In addition to writing and editing articles, Carroll managed the Innovators Awards program and webcasts.