CONTENTS & LEADER IMAGING & MACHINE VISION EUROPE


Leader Greg Blackman


Back with a bang


T Vision Award Vision show preview


Some of the technology that will be on display when the trade fair opens


Image processing


Matthew Dale looks at how computational imaging can advance inline inspection


Sponsored Novel 3D vision Advice on 3D


Four experts give their take on 3D imaging best practices


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Matrox Imaging describes how its 3D vision system is being used to sort tuna


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Greg Blackman speaks to two young companies with some new 3D imaging approaches


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Euresys gives an insight into photometric stereo for surface inspection


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The four shortlisted finalists for this year’s Vision Award, which covers event-based vision, inline metrology, and 3D imaging


10 Tech focus: hyperspectral Integration Sponsored Association news


Activities from VDMA Machine Vision, EMVA and UKIVA


Products


The latest vision equipment Suppliers’ directory


Find the suppliers you need 38 42 28


Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics on how hyperspectral imaging and robotics can be used in recycling plants


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Keely Portway explores how vision systems can be more tightly integrated within factories


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AT - Automation Technology on how its 3D sensors are used by EcoMark in a food labelling machine


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he Vision show in Stuttgart is back and that’s a cause for celebration! It’ll be smaller,


undoubtedly, because of travel restrictions, but there’s already a lot of buzz from all the new vision technology being brought together under one roof. Plus, it’s been three years since the last Vision show, so there’s plenty of excitement and anticipation. One of the highlights will be the


announcement of the winner of the Vision Award. Four finalists have been selected by the jury, each of which will present their technology during a special session as part of the Industrial Vision Days on 6 October from 10.20 to 11.20am. At the end of the presentations, the jury will crown a winner. As sponsors of the award, Imaging and Machine Vision Europe’s Warren Clark will moderate the session; the technology from all four of the shortlisted entries is detailed in this issue, starting on page 4. Two of the four candidates


shortlisted for the Vision Award are innovations based on 3D vision. On page 20 we speak to two young companies – Saccade Vision and Tridimeo – about their novel 3D vision technology, Saccade using a MEMS scanner and Tridimeo using multispectral imaging to speed up 3D vision. Page 24 also has advice from industry experts on working with 3D vision. Tere’s also a report on page 28 of


how Canadian firm Waste Robotics is using hyperspectral imaging and robotics to sort waste, as well as feature articles on vision integration (page 32) and image processing (page 16). All eyes will be on Stuttgart for what


is sure to be a memorable and welcome return to live events for the industry.


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