The vast majority of vision and multisensor equipment is handicapped with software that hasn’t changed much in a couple decades. So it’s no wonder that users would be very interested in upgrading the capabilities of existing vision systems with something as simple as a software upgrade.

Using 3-D scanning in the medical field is becoming more common, and the one thing all medical applications of 3-D scanning have in common (which is the greatest challenge as well) is the difficulty of accurately reproducing organic items typically found in medical applications, such as bones, teeth or other body parts.

Using machine vision enables manufacturers to inspect 100% of their products and ensure that defects don’t leave the production floor.

In 2005 the USS San Francisco (SSN-711) had a problem, and collided with an undersea mountain, damaging the submarine’s forward ballast tanks and sonar dome.

Color measurement options exist for a range of applications from the extremely precise to less precise. Learn about new technology with spectrophotometers, and, in cases where precise color measurement is not required, other families of instruments that can be the most cost effective solution for your color control application.

3-D laser scan data is used as demonstrative forensic evidence in homicide trial.

Though creating a quality management system is a huge challenge for most organizations, on-going commitment by management is one of the keys to success.

Some leaders treat their people in a way that inspires them to superior performance, while others, unintentionally treat their people in a way that is demotivating and results in a lower performance than they are capable of achieving.

How does a registrar responsible for evaluating the quality status of thousands of manufacturers critical to the success and safety of the aerospace industry assess its own quality?

With a fiberscope borescope system, conservators from the Philadelphia Museum of Art were able to determine the authenticity of a terra cotta bust on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.