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    Figure 1: The Basler camera is mounted next to the Stäubli robot. It views packaged bread and sends the 3D data to Matrox Design Assistant X vision software for processing and analysis. (Photos courtesy of KINE and OEM Finland.)

    Vision System Enables Robotic Picking at Industrial Bakery

    Challenges, including the products’ irregular shapes and sizes as well as transparent plastic packaging causing low contrast and partial reflections called for a solution that...
    Aug. 19, 2022
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    MIT researchers demonstrate FuseBot, a robotic arm and gripper, as it retrieves a hidden item from a pile. Pictured are Research Assistant Tara Boroushaki, Associate Professor Fadel Abid, and Research Assistant Nazish Naeem. (Photo courtesy of MIT.)

    MIT Researchers Build Robot That Detects Hidden Items in a Pile

    The robotic system uses a combination of radio frequency signals, computer vision, and MIT-developed algorithms to calculate the minimum number actions necessary to find and remove...
    Aug. 16, 2022
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    Editors Note: Entering the Home Stretch of 2022

    As we leave the third quarter and enter the fourth quarter of 2022, it’s hard to believe we are this far into the year.
    Aug. 15, 2022
    Courtesy of BloomOptix
    The city's goal is to spot HABs early, so they are easier to eradicate using methods that are more environmentally friendly than chemicals.

    Syracuse Uses Uncrewed Aircraft and Vision System to Monitor Harmful Algae

    The city is experimenting with uncrewed aircraft and multispectral imaging combined with photogrammetry and AI to spot harmful algae blooms in a freshwater lake.
    Aug. 3, 2022
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    Depth Cameras Can Fill LiDAR’s Autonomous Vehicle Blind Spots—Here’s How

    Many developers of autonomous vehicles believe LiDAR is a key enabling technology. But, LiDAR doesn’t see everything.
    Aug. 1, 2022
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    Gage R & R Studies in Machine Vision

    An area often overlooked in machine vision integration is the aspect of Gage R & R (or Gauge R & R)—the ability to check a measurement vision system for repeatability and reproducibilit...
    July 29, 2022
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    AI Broadens the Horizon of Machine Vision

    The recent advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promises to bring machine vision systems to the next level in the terms of the value they can bring...
    July 21, 2022
    Figure 1: Optical systems take on myriad shapes and forms to accomplish a variety of very specific purposes, each of which requires a lens, or lenses, crafted to exacting specifications. (Photo courtesy of Schneider Optics.)

    Lens Specs Matter—Do Your Homework

    Optical systems take on myriad shapes and forms to accomplish a variety of very specific purposes, each of which requires a lens, or lenses, crafted to exacting specifications...
    July 14, 2022