Tag: vision
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Sentient showcases its ‘ViDAR’ vision systems at White House event with President Biden and Australian PM
Sentient Vision Systems’ newly appointed CEO, Mark Palmer, was invited to attend a reception in Washington to mark Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first official visit to Washington, hosted by President Joe Biden. In a press release, Sentient says the Australia-US relationship marks “more than 100 years in partnership” and presents an important opportunity for…
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Purdue thermal imaging innovation allows AI to ‘see through pitch darkness like broad daylight’
Researchers at Purdue University are advancing the world of robotics and autonomy with their patent-pending method that improves on traditional machine vision and perception. Zubin Jacob, the Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and research scientist Fanglin Bao have developed HADAR, or heat-assisted…
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Osaro and Mission Design partner to build specialized robotics solutions
San Francisco-based OSARO, a provider of machine-learning-enabled robotics for e-commerce, has agreed a partnership with Mission Design & Automation. Founded in 2004, Mission designs, builds, and integrates custom intelligent automation solutions for a variety of industries, including food and beverage, medical device, transportation and automotive, consumer goods, and more. The partnership blends OSARO’s AI-powered SightWorks…
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Comau unveils new ‘perception-based’ robotic picking solution
Robotics and automation specialist Comau has launched what it calls the “MI.RA/Picker”, describing as an intelligent advanced automation solution for perception-based random bin picking. Adaptable to any brand of commercial robot, customized bin or customized gripper, the fully automated picking solution uses two high-resolution laser sensors and a central camera to autonomously recognize, locate and…
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Machine Vision: Pick and place with FLIR thermal imaging cameras
Machine vision inspections using visual cameras can occasionally cause recognition problems if the product and background have too little color contrast. In such cases, thermal imaging cameras can be a practical solution – especially if the product has a different temperature than the transport medium. In many cases such temperature differences are caused by the…
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automatica opens door to climate-neutral, highly economical production through AI and digitization
Digitization and AI have become a matter of intense public discourse. However, this leads to more questions than answers. This is where automatica, held from June 27 to 30, 2023, comes in with its digital solutions and components from the fields of robotics, machine vision, and assembly technology. It’s a place where visitors gain first-hand…
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Groundlight raises $10 million to launch ‘natural language powered computer vision’ service for robotics
AI startup Groundlight has launched its visual understanding service based on natural language instructions. Groundlight says its service “enables any developer to understand images programmatically using simple English language instructions and just a few lines of code”. Groundlight says its platform can be integrated into applications such as industrial automation, process monitoring, retail analytics, video…
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Demand for robot vision system is anticipated to reach $7 billion by 2033
The global robot vision system market is likely to be worth $2,690.4 million in 2023 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.4 percent during the forecast years of 2023-2033. In order to improve job efficiency and replace human labour, the market for robots is rising and is anticipated to…
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Flexiv unveils robotic masseur
Flexiv, a provider of general-purpose robotics solutions, has developed a fully automatic massaging application for its Rizon 4 robot. Powered by artificial intelligence, computer vision, and force feedback, the robot can provide a massage “equal to any human masseur”, boasts the company. Able to target specific areas of the back or larger areas in general,…
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Demand for robot vision system set to surpass $7 million by 2033
The global robot vision system market is likely at $2,690.4 million in 2023 and expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.4 percent during the forecast years of 2023-2033, according to a report by Fact.MR. In order to improve job efficiency and replace human labour, the market for robots is rising and…