Linda Wilson

5 days ago | vision-systems.com | Linda Wilson

Calling all machine vision systems integrators: We want to hear from you. The editors at Vision Systems Design are launching the inaugural Vision Systems Design Integration Project of the Year Awards Program. Have you developed and installed an innovative and original machine vision integration project that met or surpassed your client’s application criteria? If so, enter your project in our competition. There is no cost to enter. To enter, click HERE.

2 weeks ago | vision-systems.com | Linda Wilson

Carbon Robotics (Seattle, WA, USA) recently launched a kit to turn standard tractors into autonomous machines monitored remotely.  Although the tractors traverse fields without a human onboard, trained personnel at a remote operations center monitor the tractors while they are operating and handle human interventions as needed. For example, a tractor might stop suddenly if an unexpected obstruction is in its path, such as a coyote or an irrigation pipe.

3 weeks ago | vision-systems.com | Linda Wilson

Exaktera LLC (Boston, MA, USA) has acquired autoVimation GmbH (Rheinstetten, Germany), a manufacturer of enclosures and mounting solutions for machine vision components. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction follows Exaktera’s acquisition last year of iiM GmbH (Suhl, Germany), a developer of LEDs for machine vision applications.

3 weeks ago | vision-systems.com | Linda Wilson

A type of 3D sensing, stereo vision is a common choice for integrating machine vision into robotic applications in warehouses, AutomationWorld reports in a recent article. In the article, AutomationWorld, says that stereo vision offers numerous advantages for vision-guided robotics in warehouse environments.

1 month ago | vision-systems.com | Linda Wilson

Researchers at Penn State (University Park, PA, USA) evaluated the performance of a machine vision system, including an AI-enabled image segmentation model, to continuously track the growth of bok choy grown in a greenhouse. Controlled environment agriculture (CEA)—in which plants are grown indoors under ideal conditions and often in a soilless growing medium—provides a way to harvest vegetables year-round, potentially increasing the volume of food available for an expanding worldwide population.