Tag: machine vision
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6 Tips to Get Manufacturing Automation Right
The demand for industrial products keeps increasing daily. Besides industrial products, manufacturing industries constantly seek the best way to improve their services and provide customers with the desired satisfaction. It’s not enough to employ automation processes – many factors have to be considered to get the best. Mistakes and errors are common in setting up…
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North American machine vision market up 9.2 percent in 2018
North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 and a new record for the market. According to statistics from the AIA, the industry trade group and part of the Association for Advancing Automation…
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Integro named Fanuc authorized system integrator
Integro Technologies, a machine vision integrator, has become a Fanuc Authorized System Integrator. Integro Technologies offers its customers a seamless level of automation to their production lines through the synthesis of intelligent robotics, machine vision expertise, and support services. As a Fanuc Authorized System Integrator, Integro’s customers will increase production, reduce cost, and increase profits.
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Omron launches suite of traceability products to extend automation portfolio
Omron Automation Americas is releasing an array of new traceability products developed within the Omron Microscan Business. The Hawk MV-4000, MicroHawk ID-45 and HS-360X are now featured products within the company’s complete automation portfolio. The launch follows the acquisition of Microscan Systems, in late 2017, which Omron says is an ‘industry-leading automation solutions provider” through which…
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Atlas Copco acquires niche machine vision solutions provider
Atlas Copco, a provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has acquired German Quiss Qualitäts-Inspektionssysteme und Service AG. The company specialises in machine vision solutions for quality inspection and robot guidance, and is mainly used in the automotive industry. Quiss is based near Munich in Germany. The company had revenues of approximately 8.4m euros in 2017 and…
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Omron’s machine vision technology wins innovators award
Omron Automation has received an award for its “groundbreaking machine vision technology”. Vision Systems Design, a news source about machine vision and image processing, has named Omron as one of its 2018 Innovators Award honorees. Omron says it recently upgraded its machine vision portfolio to include several cutting-edge technologies that expand its ability to address…
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Dynamic vision sensors and event cameras could reduce machine perception’s computing workload
Rewired’s Santiago Tenorio and Jae Yong-Lee explain dynamic vision sensors and event cameras in this exclusive interview Just about every machine that moves requires some sort of sensing technology which informs it of its exact location and its position within its environment and its proximity to other objects within that environment. One of the most…
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Robotic Vision Technologies upgrades eVisionFactory machine vision solution
Robotic Vision Technologies, a provider of machine vision software, has upgraded its eVisionFactory solution. The company says the new system is “transforming the way car manufacturers operate with the latest version upgrade to the award-winning eVisionFactory technology”. RVT’s technology has been operating on mission critical equipment at car manufacturing plants for years, in some cases…
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Robotic Vision Technologies secures $10.5 million in funding
Robotic Vision Technologies, a provider of machine vision software, has secured more than $10.5 million in funding. The investment comes from a mix of CEO and director funding as well as investments from technology funds from Silicon Valley, Northern Virginia, Canada and Germany. To date, RVT has used its funding to focus heavily on research…
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B&R integrates image processing into its automation solutions
B&R has made machine vision an integral element of its automation ecosystem. B&R has introduced what it claims is the world’s first image processing solution to be seamlessly incorporated in the automation system. The solution comprises cameras, software and lighting accessories.