ROCHESTER, NY-Navitar Life Sciences, an affiliated entity of Navitar Inc., an optics manufacturer, have entered into an agreement to acquire assets of Modulation Optics and its Hoffman Modulation Contrast (HMC)

AcousticEye Wins Top Honors at Maintenance XIII International Congress

May 12, 2011

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LEUSDEN, THE NETHERLANDS-AcousticEye’s Daniel Bobrow won the first-place award for Engineering Maintenance at the Maintenance XIII International Congress, held April 6-8 in Bogota, Colombia. A jury awarded the top honors

Automate 2011 Reached Largest Audience In More Than A Decade

May 11, 2011

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ANN ARBOR, MI-Attendance surged at the recent Automate 2011 Show and Conference in Chicago (March 21-24) as three major trade associations combined to lift interest in automation among leading companies

The Future of 10 GigE

May 2, 2011

By John Phillips

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With higher bit rates becoming the norm for inspection systems, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) is increasingly being considered as a means to keep pace of sensor technology. However, what are the implications of using 10 GigE?

Machine Vision in Color

May 2, 2011

By Pierantonio Boriero

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Color is the manifestation of light from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is perceived by an observer and is therefore subjective-two people may discern a different color from the same object in the same scene. This difference in interpretation also extends to camera systems with their lenses and image sensors.

Machine Vision 101: How to Use Machine Vision to Measure Edge Positions

May 2, 2011

By Ben Dawson

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Human and machine vision use an object’s edges to locate, identify and gage the object. This tutorial will give a better understanding of how edge detection-or finding and measuring edge positions-works in machine vision, where it can fail and what level of precision to expect.

Case Study: Sensing in Space

May 2, 2011

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Built in partnership with General Motors and the Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, NASA’s Robonaut is the second generation of highly dexterous humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans and execute simple, repetitive or dangerous tasks on Earth or on board the International Space Station.

From the Editor: Finding Your Own Custom Solution

May 2, 2011

By Kari O'Rourke

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In March, I had the opportunity to attend Automate 2011 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, which several of you may know as the former International Robots, Vision & Motion Control Show.

Integration Questions Answered

May 2, 2011

By Ned Lecky

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Owner of Lecky Integration (Little Falls, NY) and regular columnist and member of the Vision & Sensors’ editorial advisory board, Ned Lecky addresses several questions on how to achieve successful integration with machine vision applications. He also discusses best practices and the criteria involved when determining if an outside integrator is right for a company’s application.

Machine Vision in Medical Technology Will Be a Key Theme at Vision 2011

April 12, 2011

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Machine vision will be a critical technology for combining the contradictory demands of high quality performance standards in medical technology and reduced costs. With this in mind, Vision 2011, to

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