For years vision technology has been an established solution for optical control in the industrial arena. Is it possible to use this technology outside of the industrial field? The answer to this question is clearly "yes", as the following unusual examples show.
After six years of research and development, the stereoscopic vision systems - the eyes of the future Mars robot- have been realised by Magellium (Toulouse) in collaboration with the laboratory for robotics of the CNES (National Space Research Centre, France).
A new approach to multi-camera 3D imaging is set to make a big impact in accurate volume measurement for irregular shaped objects such as sausages in the food industry.
SYSCONA Kontrollsysteme GmbH, an expert in providing inspection solutions for the packaging sector, has now achived a breakthrough in the accurate identification of bottles using a newly developed optical system plus the unique object classification software based on STEMMER ...
