Microview & LinZhi Image Tech Corp. (MVLZ; Beijing, China) has developed an automated antisway system for use by port operators that incorporates a smart camera, fiber-optic communication link, and feedback control system based on a programmable logic controller.

A collaboration between the UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL; Wokingham, UK) and innovITS ADVANCE (Nuneaton, UK) has led to the creation of a pedestrian target which will help developers of automotive safety systems test and certify their products.

An imaging particle analysis system from marine instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies (Yarmouth , ME, USA) recently surpassed six weeks of continuous, unattended operation during in-situ deployment in the coastal waters of Florida.

DARPA has engaged 12 research teams to develop software for use on an unmanned ground vehicle which will make use of both computer vision and artificial intelligence techniques.

Trimble Navigation (Sunnyvale,CA, USA) has acquired privately-held Gatewing (Gent, Belgium), a provider of lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and software for photogrammetry and terrain mapping applications.

Target tracking, traffic monitoring, and security and surveillance applications often require following moving objects at high speeds.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, WI, USA) have developed an image-processing system that captures time-lapse images of how plants grow.

On 23rd March 2012, imaging sensors from e2v (Chelmsford, Essex, UK) were launched into space onboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Edoardo Amaldi spacecraft, the third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station (ISS).

Researchers at Massey University’s (Palmerston, New Zealand) Centre for Precision Agriculture have been testing a remote-controlled hexacopter that can fly above farmland in an effort to help farmers map their pastures and increase efficiency.