Focus on Vision: Robot Packs Cumbersome Parts, Mobile LiDAR App Scans Cave | November 5, 2025.
In this episode of Focus on Vision, Vision Systems Design covers the following new items:
- Penna Flame Industries (Zeilenople, PA, USA)—a company that provides surface hardening of commercial steel components for industries including mining, railroad, and automotive—has developed an automated process for packing leaf spring support arms, a steel component in vehicle suspension systems. Related: Robotic Bin Picking System at Penna Flame Picks Large, Heavy Industrial Parts
- A team of researchers led by the University of Seville (Seville, Spain) have created a 3D replica of the morphology of La Pileta Cave in Málaga, Spain—one of Europe’s most significant rock art sites that features more than 1,200 graphic motifs from the Upper Paleolithic to the Bronze Age—using smartphone LiDAR and a terrestrial laser scanner. Related (from VSD partner brand Laser Focus World): Smartphone LiDAR and TLS create 3D Digital Model of La Pileta Cave
- Basler AG (Ahrensburg, Germany) has announced its longtime CEO, Dietmar Ley will retire at the end of the year. Current Deputy CEO Hardy Mehl wll replace Ley. Related: Basler AG Announces Leadership Transition with Retirement of Longtime CEO Dietmar Ley
Time Stamps: In this episode of Focus On Vision: 0:00 Intro 0:19 Robotic Bin Picking System at Penna Flame Picks Large, Heavy Industrial Parts 1:38 Smartphone LiDAR and TLS Create 3D Digital Model of La Pileta Cave 2:46 Basler AG is transitioning leadership with Dietmar Ley stepping down at year-end and Hardy Mehl taking over as CEO. 3:33 Outro
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Justine Murphy
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.