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Adept introduces packaging robot platform
… integrated with products from Adept, such as a USDA -accepted robot, ultracompact motion ..... expertise gained in the process of obtaining USDA -acceptance for our Quattro s650HS ..... CEO of Adept Technology. Built on the USDA -accepted Adept Quattro s650HS robot …
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FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection
Although current US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) voluntary regulations require humans to grade samples of eggs ..... Department of Agriculture (Athens, GA, USA; www.ars. usda .gov ) have developed a machine-vision based system that …
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Machine vision to be used to automate cotton gins
APRIL 20--A scientist at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS; www.ars. usda .gov ), the US Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency, has developed a patented machine-vision system …
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Hyperspectral imaging detects food pathogen Campylobacter
Researchers with the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have used hyperspectral imaging ..... Instrumentation for Food Quality and Safety . This research supports the USDA priority of ensuring food safety.
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FOOD & BEVERAGE: Vision system speeds egg crack detection
Although current US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) voluntary regulations require humans to grade samples of eggs ..... Department of Agriculture (Athens, GA, USA; www.ars. usda .gov ) have developed a machine-vision based system that …
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Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman awards VerifEYE inventors
… being honored with the highest award bestowed by the USDA . Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman is presenting ..... inventors of the VerifEYE technology, Tom Casey ( USDA /ARS), Mark Rasmussen ( USDA /ARS), and Jake Petrich (Iowa State University …
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Tunable filters check defects in apples
Working with the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ), Zedec (Morrisville, NC, USA; www.zedec.com) has ..... near-IR spectrum. With this information, researchers at the USDA were able to determine the key wavelengths that provided good …
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National Robotics Initiative program solicitation includes opportunities for machine vision
… and the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) have pledged to advance the science and ..... in NRI from NASA, NIH, NSF, and the USDA may reach $40 to $50 million in the first ..... robotic surgery in the near future. The USDA encourages automated systems and improved …
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Adept acquires food-packaging equipment supplier InMoTx
… Adept reports that its acquisition of InMoTx complements the introduction of both the Packaging Automation Cell (PAC) and USDA -accepted Quattro in expanding Adept’s automation presence in meat processing (poultry, fish and red meats), which is …
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X-ray imaging pinpoints olive damage
… Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Western Regional Research Center (Albany, CA, USA; www.ars. usda .gov ) are hoping to develop real-time x-ray imaging technology that will capture images of the freshly harvested olives …