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Digital Vision Twin
Last year the OPC UA for Machine Vision Part 1 Companion Specification was introduced. It describes the digital twin of a vision system that takes over the management of recipes, configurations and results in a standardized way, while the contents remain manufacturer-specific and are treated as a black box. At the SPS fair (November 26 to 28, Nuremberg, Germany) at the booth of the OPC Foundation (Hall 5 - Booth 140), an OPC UA demonstrator will be used to demonstrate how vision systems can be integrated into higher-level IT production systems (e.g. PLC, Scada, MES, ERP, Cloud). By the way, the demonstrator is a joint project of the core wor
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Automated Bin Picking of Parts in Bulk at Renault Cléon
In order to reach the cycle time at an automated bin picking application at Renault Cléon, a double gripper was designed and associated to a vision system. The cell is in the center of the workshop, upstream of the machining lines.
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Robust Edge KI GPU Computing Platform
The industrial PC Nuvo-8208GC is the first Edge KI GPU platform for two GPUs available on the market that is both industrial grade and equipped with special features for automotive use. The platform is designed for use with two NVIDIA high-end 250W graphics cards and offers the massive computing power of up to 28 TFLOPS when benchmarked with FP32 for new GPU-accelerated edge computing techniques such as autonomous vehicles, visual inspection and surveillance/security.
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Machine Vision Controller with Intel 6th-Gen Skylake CPU
This is the most powerful vision controller ever built! The Nuvis-5306RT truly integrates every function that could be needed for machine vision applications in a compact device. It offers exceptional computing power and has built-in camera interfaces as well as vision-specific I/O control in real time. Machine vision systems require precise interaction between lighting, camera, actuator and sensor devices to ensure high image quality. The Nuvis-5306RT integrates LED light control, camera release, encoder input, PWM output and DIO to connect and control all of these vision devices.
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Change in the Matrix Vision Management
Uwe Furtner, who has been with Matrix Vision for 27 years and Technical Director since 1996, will end his operational activities on December 31. He will dedicate himself to new challenges in the area of coaching and management consulting. In recent years the company has already been managed by a management team consisting of Ralf Grasmann (Sales & Marketing & Supply Chain, l.), Tobias Thullner (Finance & Administration, m.) and Uwe Furtner. Uwe Hagmaier (r.) is appointed to the Executive Board as new Head of Research & Development. Ralf Grasmann also assumes the role of site manager.
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New COO at Lakesight
Since September 2019 Thomas Dekorsy has been Executive Integration Officer at Lakesight Technologies. Simultaneously he is the Managing Director of Mikrotron and SVS-Vistek. Dekorsy will start as COO of Lakesight from December 1, 2019, taking over the position of Valentino Bello in the management team.
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Ray of Hope for German Mechanical Engineering
A strong 11% increase in orders from the euro partner countries brightened the picture somewhat for the German mechanical engineering sector in September. Overall, companies recorded a 4% decline in orders in real terms in September. In the first nine months of 2019, orders were 8% lower than in the previous year, with domestic orders down 9% and foreign orders down 8%.
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Microscopy Market Report 2019
Yole Développement has announced its annual technology and market analysis with a focus on microscopy cameras and next-generation sequencing (NGS). This report describes the technology evolutions in the microscopy and NGS field, and the effect these developments will have on the market and ecosystem. At system level, the global microscopy and NGS market represented ?>.1b in 2018.
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Image Processing with Ethercat G
The Technical Committee of the Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has accepted Ethercat G as a supplement to Ethercat. In the future, the expansion of Ethercat technology to 1 and 10Gb/s will be propagated and supported by ETG. Ethercat G offers the user advantages where particularly large amounts of process data have to be transported per device, e.g. in machine vision, metrology or complex motion applications.
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New Cooperation Imago and Prophesee
Prophesee, manufacturer of event-based vision systems and Imago Technologies, manufacturer of embedded vision components, have signed a new cooperation agreement. Luca Verre (l.) CEO of Prophesee and Imago CEO Carsten Strampe (r.) are pleased about the cooperation in the field of industrial image processing and the results of the first product development VisionCam EB. This is a complete system of an event-based camera with an integrated IPC.
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New Distributor for Gardasoft in North America
Gardasoft has appointed CCS America as the master distributor of Gardasoft controllers and accessories in North America. Both are sister companies within the Optex group. Gardasoft will continue to support the market for its traffic strobe lights directly from its US office in Weare, NH.
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OPC MV Demonstrator at the SPS fair
VDMA and the OPC Foundation present a practical implementation of the OPC UA for Machine Vision Part 1 Companion Specification at the SPS fair. A hardware demonstrator was developed as a joint project by five partners (Asentics, Peer Group, Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions, Vitronic and VDMA Robotics + Automation) from the core working group of the VDMA OPC Machine Vision Initiative.
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inVISION News TV: IPCs for Vision
This week inVISION News TV deals with innovations in the field of industrial PCs suitable for industrial image processing applications. Three new products are briefly presented in the three-minute video.
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Free CCD eBook
Harvest Imaging offers the book 'Solid-State Imaging with Charge-Coupled Devices' by Albert J.P. Theuwissen for free. The book covers the entire imaging chain: from the basics of CCDs to applications. Follow the link to download the PDF.
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AI Radar Sensors for Autonomous Driving
In the project AuRoRaS (Automotive Robust Radar Sensing), new simulation methods and AI methods are to be developed to make radar systems more efficient and autonomous driving safer. The companies Astyx, BIT Technology Solutions and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence will implement an automotive radar system for use in highly automated (Level 4) and autonomous driving (Level 5). The consortium wants to significantly increase the quality of the measurement data of the continuous wave radar.
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Successful Robot Days at Willich
For the 4th time Willich Elektrotechnik organized its Robot Days in Bebra, Germany. Over two days an interesting and varied programme was presented in the company's own exhibition and training centre. In addition to lectures and live demonstrations by MIR, Stäubli, Schunk and other partners, there was ample opportunity for networking and technical discussions.
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Image: Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH / Mathias Kutt
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30 Years of SPS Trade Fair
The trade fair for smart and digital automation is taking place for the thirtieth time. Startups and world market leaders will present their products and solutions to trade visitors from 26 to 28 November in Nuremberg. Participants at this year's event will also be invited to embark on a journey through time and the history of automation.
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MVTec Innovation Day 2020
The MVTec Innovation Day will take place for the third time in Munich on February 20, 2020. The most important and upcoming innovations from MVTec and Halcon will be presented to users. A translation service will be offered for non-English speaking participants.
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Certification as EMVA1288 expert
The correct application of the EMVA1288 camera standard is not possible without appropriate knowledge. The EMVA has therefore decided to offer training courses and to link these with certification examinations on two levels.
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Seminar 'Introduction to IBV'
On December 10, Visioning organizes the seminar 'Introduction to Industrial Machine Vision' in Düsseldorf, Germany. Typical applications of machine vision and the management of vision projects will be described. The extension of the seminar series to two parts is planned for 2020.
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Image Sensors Europe 2020
The 4th annual Image Sensors will take place in London, March 10 to 12, 2020, and offers the chance to network with over 240 attendees and hear keynote speakers, including representatives from Sony, Basler, Samsung and more. The complete agenda ist now available behind the link.
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Zebra Technologies acquires Cortexica Vision Systems
based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Cortexica enhances Zebra's solution framework through the introduction of new computer vision-based AI that enables Zebra to address a range of emerging use-cases that complement its core portfolio.
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Onto Innovation combines Nanometrics and Rudolph
Onto Innovation announces the successful completion of the merger of equals between Nanometrics and Rudolph Technologies. With the Merger, Onto Innovation is expected to be the fourth largest semiconductor capital equipment supplier by revenue in the U.S. and a top 15 semiconductor equipment company by revenue worldwide.
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