In search of cost-effective quality control solutions, many engineers employ machine vision equipment. Sometimes overlooked is the fact that such equipment, which may have outstanding performance ...

Advanced LED lighting arrays can spectrally tune their output wavelength to highlight different features and defects in captured images. The capability enables a single light fixture to quickly adapt ...

A novel camera system using active lighting devised by Penn State researchers may be a crucial step in developing machine vision systems that allow robotic devices to more clearly "see" the ...

Automation engineers must carefully manage the expectations and realities of machine vision systems to avoid project delays or failures. Misconceptions about when to integrate vision inspections often ...

A research team has recently developed a groundbreaking neuromorphic exposure control (NEC) system that revolutionizes machine vision under extreme lighting variations. This biologically inspired ...

Smart optical sensors inspired by the human retina could improve artificial-vision systems used in autonomous vehicles and industrial manufacturing 1. Machine-vision systems are networks of cameras ...

Machine vision systems serve a vast range of industries and markets. They are used in factories, laboratories, studios, hospitals and inspection stations all over the world—and even on other planets.

Fabrication of nanoscale light-sensitive materials, known as quantum dots, created a device that reacts to light faster than the human eye. It could revolutionize autonomous vehicles. WASHINGTON, July ...

Manufacturing stands at a crossroads where traditional methods intersect with the promise of advanced technology. Machine vision, once a specialized field, is now central to transforming factory ...

In the final analysis, smart factory is not defined by a single technology, but by how technologies work together. Machine ...