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    Discover how machine vision is transforming supply chain operations with real-time insights, AI-driven automation, and strategies to boost resilience, efficiency, and workforce...
    Aug. 20, 2025
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    Overview As the demand for infrared imaging grows across defense, industrial, and smart applications, the challenge of maintaining stable imaging performance across temperature...
    June 20, 2025
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    Unlock the secrets to choosing the right camera for your machine vision system in this webinar, where we break down the key technical capabilities and real-world limitations of...
    July 23, 2025
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    Explore how our expertise in custom large optics helps solve complex engineering challenges across industries. From precision parabolic mirrors to laser-grade beam-steering optics...
    June 5, 2025

    Cameras and Accessories

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    The following is a Q&A with Edmund Optics’ Nicholas Sischka about choosing the right lens for your machine vision application.
    June 24, 2025
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    Frame grabber especially designed for machine vision applications, such as high-speed inspections, that use multiple cameras in a vision system.
    June 18, 2025
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    Sensor especially designed for demanding machine vision applications such as silicon wafer, solar panel inspections.
    June 17, 2025
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    Cameras designed for high speed imaging in machine vision applications such as inspections, medical research.
    June 13, 2025

    Factory Automation

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    Lion Vision has developed a an automated system that detects batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries, in a recycling stream. Lithium ion batteries can be particularly dangerous fire hazards if they are crushed or cut.
    System uses cameras, AI algorithms to detect batteries in electronic recyclable stream.
    June 12, 2025
    Courtesy of Porsche
    Figure 1: Porsche uses a machine vision system that projects patterns of light onto the surface of a car, and the reflections are captured in images.
    The 3D machine vision system projects patterns of light on the surface of the car, and a deep learning module analyzes distortions in the reflections to identify defects.
    June 6, 2025
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    Machine Vision Market will see zero growth in revenues.
    June 3, 2025
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    Vision Systems Design recognizes innovative machine vision products and technologies in bronze, silver, gold, and platinum categories.
    May 12, 2025

    Non-Factory Automation

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    The author from Edmund Optics provides a detailed discussion of the various specifications and potential trade-offs that go into designing a custom microscope objective.
    June 2, 2025
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    Founded in 2016, Automation Intelligence is a technology integrator focusing on robotics and machine vision.
    May 19, 2025
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    Figure 1: Distribution yards have been pain points in the supply chain, in many cases because of delays in the movement of freight in and out of the yard. However, recent innovations using AI-assisted solutions may be the key to loosening up the bottleneck.
    Efficiency, speed, scalability drive trend of AI-based machine vision logistics solutions
    April 14, 2025
    Courtesy of Carbon Robotics
    Figure 1: Carbon Robotics markets an autonomy kit—including machine vision components and deep learning algorithms—as well as a self-contained system to kill weeds using lasers.
    The kit—enabled with deep learning and machine vision—follows the company's launch of the LaserWeeder G2.
    April 9, 2025

    Embedded Vision

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    Figure 1: The individual planks of Scheucher's flooring click together.
    Scheucher Holzindustrie GmbH in Austria uses a smart camera and neural network to evaluate the application of glue between layers of engineered wood flooring planks.
    May 8, 2025
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    System designed for machine vision applications such as automated inspections, performed by OEMs in highly regulated industries.
    March 28, 2025
    Liu Z, Zhong X, Wang C, Wu G, He F, Wang J and Yang D (2025) Rapid and accurate detection of peanut pod appearance quality based on lightweight and improved YOLOv5_SSE model. Front. Plant Sci. 16:1494688. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1494688
    Figure 1: The image acquisition setup included: 1) box enclosure 2) light source 3) webcam 4) camera mount 5) conveyor 6) operating platform 7) Raspberry Pi
    The model uses a YOLO variant to inspect and classify the surface appearance of peanut pods. It is suitable for embedded computing platforms.
    March 4, 2025
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    Figure 1: SICK's acquisition of Accerion expands the company's solution set for autonomous mobile robots.
    Accerion specializes in edge-based AI-enabled image processing for navigation of autonomous mobile robots using optical sensors.
    Feb. 5, 2025

    Boards and Software

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    Machine vision software updates include improved deep learning tools, technologies.
    May 29, 2025
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    How much do you know about deploying deep learning algorithms in machine vision and imaging applications? Take this fun quiz from Vision Systems Design to find out.
    May 6, 2025
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    Software part of platform designed to enable integrators to easily design and implement hyperspectral imaging machine vision solutions.
    May 5, 2025
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    Figure 1: Deep-learning-based object detection localizes trained object classes and identifies them with a surrounding rectangle (bounding box).
    There are numerous deep-learning methods available for developing machine vision systems or applications. Using commercial software tools, even non-experts can use deep learning...
    April 30, 2025