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An Easy Way to Find the Right Camera Specification

An Easy Way to Find the Right Camera Specification
Industrial cameras come with myriad features with a whole range of sensors from a number of manufacturers. It can be a bit daunting finding the exact specification you are looking for for your project.Questions such as, 'I want a 14mp sensor, but is this only available with a rolling shutter?' Or, 'I need a…
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Which cameras to use with DAVID laserscanner?

Which cameras to use with DAVID laserscanner?
What is DAVID?There are a lot of software packages available for industrial 3D scanning, however they all come at a higher cost point. DAVID software package offers a low cost alternative for 3D laser scanning applications. The software is free to download. The setup uses a hand-held line laser, a…
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Icing Gingerbread Biscuits

Icing Gingerbread Biscuits
This December, the IET’s Vision and Imaging Technical Network is giving an award to the best technology demo in the field of Vision and Imaging. Applicants with the most impressive technologies have been invited to take part in a final dedicated demonstration session during the ICDP2019 conference in London (16-18 December,…
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Fully Synchronised Stereo Cameras for Raspberry Pi and Arduino

Fully Synchronised Stereo Cameras for Raspberry Pi and Arduino
In the world of machine vision, we talk about X and Y for locating an object in 2D but we can get Z with stereo cameras. So, as we know, cameras in a stereo vision configuration can be used for depth sensing or height measurement. If we can add a measurement…
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New Season, New Premises

New Season, New Premises
As pleasant as it was in our previous location by the sea in Lymington, we rapidly outgrew the building and so took the opportunity of the 'quiet season' in the summer to relocate.To be frank, where we are now is less of a holiday destination and more like a busy…
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Large Flatbread Inspection

Large Flatbread Inspection
A vision system is required to inspect large sheets of a hard flatbread product, post baking and before it is cut into the retail size. The product is on a wide conveyor so a series of cameras are required to monitor several conditions.The ScopeThe vision system's job is to inspect…
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3D Coat Hanger Recycling

3D Coat Hanger Recycling
Sorting coat hangers using robots is no mean feat. Anything with hooks attached to it adds a serious level of difficulty to any automation task, nigh impossible some would argue.However, we have developed a robotic coat hanger picking system with our machine building partner. The remit was to inspect and…
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Labelling Cheese Wedges with a 3D Robotic Labeller

Labelling Cheese Wedges with a 3D Robotic Labeller
We're involved in quite a few innovative projects, many of which we are bound to secrecy over. However, good fortune would have it that our end customer, Long Clawson Dairy, was sufficiently happy with our solution that they gave permission for us to publish and enter the award for the…
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Why is it so important to find the right lens - sensor combination?

Why is it so important to find the right lens - sensor combination?
It is not easy deciding which camera to use for your application taking into consideration all your requirements and budget but also the wealth of different cameras from different manufacturers and sensor specifications. Looking at the sensor level you have different pixel sizes, total pixel number, signal-to-noise ratio, (high) dynamic…
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Inspecting Pallets for Breaks and Missing Parts

Inspecting Pallets for Breaks and Missing Parts
The Pallet Vision System is a multi-camera 3D scanner that:Enables 3D robot picking from a 5 metre stack of palletsSorts pallets into their colour and type (plastic, wood, blue, grey, etcInspects all sides of each pallet with millimetric measurements. If there is a fault, Pallet Vision will find itClick here…
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