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Safety First
For years, image processing has only marginally dealt with the subject of safety. Although there are solutions from Pilz and Sick that safely monitor defined protected areas in production using cameras, unfortunately neither system has really caught on. However, there may be new movement on the vision safety market, because while the first two solutions mentioned were based purely on the evaluation of camera images, two companies are now presenting completely new approaches for these applications: tofmotion with a time-of-flight approach and Inxpect with an ultrasonic solution, both of which are already SIL-certified. In times of constantly increasing numbers of robots and cobots, there is certainly nothing wrong with having solutions for these growth markets in our portfolio.
Kind regards
Dr.-Ing. Peter Ebert, Chief Editor inVISION
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Image: ADLINK Technology GmbH
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PPE Enforcement with Edge AI Vision
Systems leveraging AI with real-time object detection through image and video analysis can automate personal protective equipment (PPE) policy enforcement.
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Image: Stemmer Imaging AG / Euresys s.a.
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Stemmer Takes Over Distribution of Euresys
Stemmer Imaging and Euresys signed a distribution agreement for Europe and Latin America on April 1. The agreement covers the distribution of CoaXPress and CameraLink frame grabbers as well as frame grabbers for analogue cameras.
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Image: Mikrotron GmbH / Concurrent EDA, LLC
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Mikrotron partners with Concurrent EDA
Mikrotron strengthened its North American vision camera business by appointing Concurrent EDA a Preferred Technology Partner. The appointment gives Mikrotron customers access to pre-sales and after sales technical support for Mikrotron's EoSens portfolio of cameras and Concurrent's new EoSens-based FPGA Programmable GigaSens machine vision cameras. The Preferred Technology Partner designation acknowledges the deep technical training and knowledge Concurrent EDA has gained in the last two years working closely with the Mikrotron development team.
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Image: Wenzel Group
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Partnership Wenzel and Metrologic
Wenzel Group has announced a technological partnership with Metrologic Group. The Metrologic Group's software solutions are now available in an adapted version for Wenzel coordinate measuring machines and mobile measuring arms to take full advantage of Metrolog X4, Silma X4 and the Metrolog EVO portable measuring arm solution.
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Image: Metrologic Group GmbH
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Partnership Siemens and Sandvik/Metrologic
Siemens Digital Industry Software and Sandvik are forming a strategic technology and business partnership to accelerate digital innovation for part manufacturing customers. The partnership will enable customers to expand digitalization of the manufacturing process by providing close integration and interoperability of Sandvik's TDM Systems and Metrologic products with Siemens software. As a result, Siemens customers have extended access to advanced tool management automation capabilities of TDM Systems, as well as 3D measurement methods of Metrolog X4 by Metrologic Group.
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Image: Nvidia Corporation / Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
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Nvidia is new Shareholder of DFKI
Nvidia joins the circle of shareholders of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). This commitment is a further step in the longstanding successful cooperation between NVIDIA and DFKI in the area of machine learning and deep learning. With the targeted development of specific technologies on Nvidia AI platforms, DFKI scientists have achieved remarkable results in the application, explainability and optimization of neural networks and deep learning methods in recent years.
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Image: Büchner Lichtsysteme GmbH
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20 Years Büchner Lightsystems
Büchner Lichtsysteme was founded in March 2000 by Thomas Büchner (picture). Emerging from the Büchner engineering office, the company has concentrated from the beginning on the development and production of LED lighting for industrial image processing. In the beginning, the focus was on customer-specific lighting, but over time an increasingly broad portfolio of standard lighting was developed.
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Image: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung
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OPC UA for Non-Destructive Testing
To develop an OPC UA Companion Specification for non-destructive testing, a working group was founded in the DGZfP Technical Committee NDT 4.0, which is to be converted into a Joint Working Group together with the OPC Foundation and the VDMA in the course of the year. Dr. Johannes Vrana has taken over the management of the working group and Frank Leinenbach (IZFP) and Dirk Hofmann (TU Dresden) have been won as editors of the Companion Specification. The first meeting took place at the beginning of April. There the basis for the development of the use cases for the Companion Specifications was laid.
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Image: Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies e.V.
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Smarc 2.1 with more Embedded Vision Connectivity
The SGET has approved the new Smarc 2.1 specification. It brings additional features, such as SerDes support for extended edge connectivity and up to 4 MIPI-CSI camera interfaces to meet the increasing demand for a fusion of embedded computing and embedded vision. The new features are backward compatible with Rev. 2.0. With comprehensive Ethernet support for more connectivity at the edge gaining increasing significance, two of the four supported PCIe lanes now offer two additional Ethernet ports via SerDes signals. These can also be used for vision through the connection of GigE vision cameras.
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Image: Coherent, Inc.
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New CEO at Coherent
Coherent, Inc. has named Andreas (Andy) W. Mattes as the company's new President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. Today's appointment follows the announcement a year ago that John R. Ambroseo, PhD, will retire from his positions as President and CEO and member of the Board no later than April 2021. Ambroseo will transition to become a Special Advisor to the company until the end of next year. The Board of Directors has also appointed Mark Sobey as Coherent's new Executive Vice President and COO.
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Image: Workaround GmbH (ProGlove)
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ProGlove appoints Chief Revenue Officer
ProGlove, a provider of ergonomic wearables for industry, has appointed Charlie Grieco as Chief Revenue Officer for the global company. Grieco joined ProGlove in April 2019 in order to introduce the Munich-based company to the North American market. His responsibilities include the development of a sales strategy for North America and the cooperation with selected retail partners.
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Image: InfraTec GmbH
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New Sales Manager at InfraTec USA
InfraTec expands its presence in North America. Justin Jensen (picture) joins the team of InfraTec infrared LLC, a subsidiary of InfraTec GmbH in the USA, as new Sales Manager East. Jensen will focus on the direct support of customers east of the Mississippi in the USA and Canada. Application specialist Benjamin Du will continue to be responsible for the sales activities in the western parts of North America.
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Image: ©archipoch, ©scusi/adobe.stock.com
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Virtual Industry Show from TeDo Verlag
TeDo Verlag will be organising a virtual trade fair from May 4 onwards, covering all aspects of automation, robotics and power distribution, control cabinet construction, industrial IT, IIoT etc. This gives the opportunity for users and suppliers to meet each other despite the cancelled trade fairs. Interactive elements bring visitors and exhibitors into contact with each other. Visitors are admitted free of charge and without registration. Registration for the Industry Show Newsletter is now possible.
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Image: Opto GmbH
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Virtual Exhibition 'Contactless Measurement Technology'
The exhibition 'Contactless Measurement Technology' of Fraunhofer Allianz Vision has been taking place at the Control trade fair for years. Due to the cancellation of the fair, Fraunhofer now offers a web version of the exhivition and thus a complete overview of all systems that were to be shown at the booth.
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Image: Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie IPT
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Machine Tool Colloquium in June 2021
The 30th Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium (AWK) will take place on June 10 and 11, 2021 at the Eurogress Aachen. Due to developments around the corona virus, the AWK has been postponed from 2020 to 2021 and will therefore not take place in the usual three-year cycle. The content of the event will remain under the motto 'Internet of Production Turning Data into Value', but the planned lecture programme will be updated.
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Image: VDMA e.V.
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Chinese Mechanical Engineering Picks Up Speed
While the economy in Europe and the USA is still paralysed by the corona pandemic, production in China is slowly picking up speed again. A second recent survey by the VDMA offices in China, which was answered by 118 member companies, shows a noticeable improvement in the situation on the ground. While at the beginning of March 57% of those questioned judged the effects of the corona pandemic to be great, this figure has now fallen to just 46%.
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Image: ©Jürgen Sendel
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ZVEI Expects Double-Digit Decline in Sales
According to a survey conducted by the ZVEI among its member companies, more than half of the participating companies are already receiving fewer orders than before the crisis began. 26% report a slump in orders. The companies expect an average drop in sales of 14%. ZVEI President Michael Ziesemer (picture): “Around 60% of the companies fear permanent damage to production and supply chains, and even around 70% expect investments to be cancelled if the exit is initiated too late”.
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Image: Infineon Technologies AG / Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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Infineon acquires Cypress Semiconductor
Infineon hat alle für die Übernahme der Cypress Semiconductor Corporation erforderlichen behördlichen Genehmigungen erhalten. Bereits Anfang Juni 2019 hatten Infineon und Cypress einen Vertrag unterzeichnet, demzufolge Infineon Cypress erwerben wird. Die Transaktion wird zunächst durch eine Kombination aus vorhandener Liquidität und einer von Banken für Akquisitionszwecke bereitgestellten Kreditfazilität finanziert werden.
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Image: Foxconn Technology Group / Luster Lighttech International Co. Ltd.
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Foxconn invests in Luster LightTech
Foxconn has made a strategic investment of USD35.25m in China-based Luster LightTech, producer in vision imaging and fiber optics, aiming to jointly develop core smart production solutions to help manufacturers transform and upgrade their operations. The partnership will allow both firms to incorporate machine vision technology that integrates edge computing and machine learning capabilities.
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Image: Phantom AI
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Phantom AI Raises USD22m
Phantom AI, developer of a vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving platform, announced it has raised USD22m in Series A financing. Founded in 2016 by lead engineers from Tesla's and Hyundai's ADAS teams, Phantom AI aimes to democratize the use of driver assistance and safety technologies to reduce crashes.
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Image: Geomagical Labs Inc.
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Ikea Acquires AI Startup Geomagical Labs
Ikea acquired AI imaging Startup Geomagical Labs for an undisclosed sum. Geomagical specializes in 3D imaging tech for interior design. Users can scan rooms then remove or rearrange furniture at scale. Ikea plans to incoroporate Geomagical's tech into its website and apps.
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Image: Teledyne Dalsa Inc. / Photonis Technologies SAS
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Teledyne Aims to Acquire Photonis
Teledyne confirms that it's been in advanced talks to acquire Photonis International and affiliates for about USD550m. Photonis provides advanced photon/electron multipliers, key to night vision applications in defense, and low-light imaging for astronomy and laboratory science. Its technology also enables mass spectrometry, and it makes specialty microwave devices and ion detectors for government/energy applications.
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