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How Stereo Depth Perception Enables Advanced Robotic Capabilities

A detailed look at how the combination of stereo depth perception with 3D data in stereo cameras enables the functions of autonomous mobile and pick-and-place robots.
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Improving Measurement in Sugar Mills with Industrial Sensors

How sensing techniques in a sugar mill can be applicable to the process control industry as a whole.

Putting AIMs to Work

Automated inspection machines help manufacturers meet stringent regulatory standards.

How Two-in-One Encoders Deliver Robot Accuracy

The ability of two-in-one encoders to provide motor feedback and position measurement in one device are critical to the space and safety needs of collaborative robots.

Vision System Detects Wrinkles on Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

Medical grade adhesives can develop wrinkles during production, causing them to be scrapped. Vision Optronix developed a customized vision system using Teledyne Dalsa line-scan...

How Smart Process Sensors Benefit Discrete Manufacturing

Intelligent instruments, along with digital networking technology optimized for typical machine applications, are bringing front-line features to discrete manufacturing applications...

HWL Applies Artificial Intelligence to Robotic Material Handling

Thermal treatment company HWL deployed the MirAI intelligent vision system in its Berlin factory to handle reflective metal objects regardless of size, position and appearance...
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How Multiple Degrees of Freedom Encoders Deliver High Accuracy

While OEMs can use several single-axis encoders to measure different directions, doing so is more complex than using pre-integrated and tested multiple degrees of freedom encoders...

Products

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4K 3D Profile Laser Line Profile Sensor

The Z-Trak LP2C 3D profile sensor family for in-line 3D measurement and inspection applications is the latest member of Teledyne Dalsa’s Z-Trak family. The sensors deliver 4,096...
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3D Volume Sensor

The ZMX series 3D time of flight sensor provides a single sensor for volume monitoring. The ZMX sensor is installed over the bin to be filled and through the use of digital imaging...
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AutomationDirect adds Linear Position Potentiometers

AutomationDirect has released the Gefran linear potentiometers and accessories, used to detect position and linear direction movement.
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Faster GigE Vision Interface Cameras Engineered for High-Resolution Image Capture

Teledyne DALSA expands the Genie Nano 5GigE camera portfolio with high-performance ON Semiconductor XGS 45MP, 30MP and 20MP global shutter sensors.

Videos

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Pepperl+Fuchs' 2D and 3D Sensors

Perry Hudson, packaging market manager at Pepperl+Fuchs, explains how the VOS and SmartRunner vision sensors can be used for positioning, barcode reading, quality control and ...
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All-in-One Code Reader System

At Pack Expo 2023, Kevin Welsch with Sick Inc. showed off the company’s newest vision sensor system, which comes with everything need in one box. The Lector One Box for barcode...
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Industrial Cameras and Lighting from Beckhoff

Expanding on its TwinCAT Vision software capabilities, Beckhoff Automation has added industrial cameras, lenses and lighting to bring image processing directly into the machine...
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AI and Machine Vision

In this excerpt from the "Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered" podcast interview with Kevin McCabe of IDS, we look at the benefits artificial intelligence brings to ...