A high-performance imaging system with 26 digital cameras puts an SUV instrument-panel-carrier to the ultimate test.

The market for lumber is in a constant state of flux based on factors like the time of year and current customer demand, and mills such as Pleasant River Lumber need to be highly efficient to stay competitive.

The acquisition is expected to enhance 3-D authoring platform, creates value and deliver a better, more affordable customer experience. 

Machine vision is a familiar technology in manufacturing and industry, and is used in an ever-growing range of tasks from simple code reading and assembly verification to robotic guidance and 3-D profiling.

Machine vision is an integral part of the manufacturing process for many different industries. Manufacturers ensure the safety, consistency and integrity of the products produced through proper inspection, while being assured that defective parts are rejected from the production line.

Over the past several years, there have been some common threads among many of the companies that develop vision sensors and cameras.

At the time of writing, six years have passed since the launch of GigE Vision 1.0. The standard has become one of the dominant interfaces in the machine vision market and continues to grow.

Today commercial machine vision software is classified along two lines: the conventional vision library and the vision-specific integrated development environment (IDE).

Today, 3-D data is required for many measurement, control and error proofing applications. But most people think that implementing 3-D vision is challenging, requiring a lot of experience, time and expense.