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    A cyclist prepares for a fitting session using the Velogic Studio bike fitting system.
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    Figure 1: Researchers from Texas A&M University created a robotic weeding system using heat from a flamethrower. The system incudes one RGB-D camera and two thermal cameras.
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    Highlights

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    Scientific and Industrial Research

    How Drexel University Researchers Improved the Inspection of Concrete Structures

    Linda Wilson
    April 5, 2024
    The method combines a machine vision camera, laser line scanner, LiDAR sensor, and convolutional neural network.
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    Norfolk Southern’s Machine Vision System Inspects Moving Rail Cars

    Linda Wilson
    March 11, 2024
    The railroad company worked with Georgia Tech Research Institute to develop the vision system by combining AI and high-resolution, high-speed cameras.
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    Environment and Agriculture

    The Nature Conservancy Brings Cameras, AI to Invasive Species Prevention

    Jim Tatum
    Jan. 31, 2024
    Daisy chained cameras, cloud based AI platforms, help prevent rats from invading Santa Cruz Island
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    VSD Salary and Career Survey: Wading Into The Talent Pool

    Jim Tatum
    Dec. 20, 2023
    Readers have favorable view of engineering, but express some concern about shrinking talent pool.
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    Non-Factory

    Reader Survey: Engineering Solid, Satisfying, Recommended Career Path

    Jim Tatum
    Nov. 17, 2023
    No career is perfect, but VSD readers are high on engineering.
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    Vsd Plus One Robotics Online
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    AI-Driven Robots Handle High-Speed Logistics Sorting and Depalletizing

    Steve Kinney
    May 11, 2023
    Robotic system from Plus One Robotics incorporates a robot, AI-based software, and remote supervisor software.
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    Environment and Agriculture

    John Deere Uses Machine Vision and Machine Learning to Automate Agriculture

    Linda Wilson
    May 5, 2023
    The company envisions incorporating the technologies into equipment it sells in other industries.
    Figure 1: IDS NXT is a comprehensive AI-based vision system consisting of intelligent cameras plus software environment that covers the entire process from the creation to the execution of AI vision applications. (Photo courtesy of IDS Imaging Development Systems.)
    Imaging Boards and Software

    Challenges and Emerging Applications for Deep Learning/AI

    Chris Mc Loone
    Feb. 20, 2023
    Developers are working to overcome challenges—such as cost and availability of training data—to implement deep learning in machine vision applications.
    LUCID Vision Labs Helios2 Wide ToF camera.
    Cameras and Accessories

    3D Imaging—What’s Ahead?

    Chris Mc Loone
    Feb. 16, 2023
    3D imaging has been with us for a while now, but in terms of use cases, we are still discovering new places for this vision/imaging method to be used.