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Turbo Stress

October 14, 2010
Integrator digs deep inside Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) to inspect turbine blades in aircraft engines.
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The Autonomous Vehicle

May 3, 2010
The autonomous vehicle-a vehicle capable of driving itself without any human intervention-is quickly becoming a reality.
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Off-Topic: Motion Capture Makes Diagnosis Easier

March 1, 2010
Motion capture has become widely known for producing spectacular special effects and 3-D animation in motion pictures. However, this technology also can be applied in many other fields.
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Vision Systems Add Accuracy

February 25, 2010
Using machine vision enables manufacturers to inspect 100% of their products and ensure that defects don’t leave the production floor.
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Augment Reality with Virtual Prototypes

December 22, 2009
Using augmented reality, auto manufacturers can integrate virtual computer-aided design (CAD) prototypes into actual modules or vehicles to find and solve assembly problems before production begins.
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Off-Topic: Student Develops Robot to Use Vision Sensor

December 1, 2009
Banner Engineering Corp. partnered with a Minnesota West Community and Technical College engineering student and robotics instructor to develop a robot designed to play the Guitar Hero video game-responding to each note as it appears onscreen.
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Industrial Vision Sensors vs. Standard Photoelectric Sensors

September 2, 2009
Requirements for product testing vary widely within the market. Clearly, a variety of means can accomplish this task, from simple photoelectric sensors to expensive custom vision systems.
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Top 10 Machine Vision Improvement Opportunities

June 30, 2009
As the global manufacturing market continues to get more competitive, it is important to ensure that the factory is running at a peak level of efficiency. Any downtime due to process related malfunctions is considered nonvalue-added downtime directly impacting company profitability.
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100% Quality Inspection

May 5, 2009
Visual inspection systems have been used in automotive engineering for the last 20 years. However, not until the introduction of in-process solutions did the systems feature the required durability to withstand ambient impacts.
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Trends in Industrial Image Processing

March 2, 2009
The change from analog to digital technologies in the industrial image-processing (IIP) sector is in full swing. Therefore, the reliable frame grabber appears to be increasingly headed out to pasture. This is because digital communications interfaces such as Gigabit Ethernet, USB and FireWire allow for adequate camera-based solutions without image-capture cards.
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