Volume 28, Issue 4

While deep learning is not right for every inspection application, it can help automate tasks that are difficult to achieve with rules-based machine vision methods.

The wise technologist in the trenches applies proven and reliable tools when addressing most applications in machine vision, such as automated inspection and vision guided robotics...

Using shortwave infrared imaging (SWIR), engineers develop applications for inspecting food, detecting moisture, identifying methane gas and more.

Athermalized imaging lenses are rugged and withstand extreme changes in temperature, minimizing performance changes that likely would occur with standard off-the-shelf lenses....

Advances in automation technologies, including 3D imaging and AI, have created new opportunities in robotic bin picking systems.