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Leader Greg Blackman


Stuttgart shines


T News 4


Report from Vision • VDMA’s Anne Wendel on the chip shortage • Integro and TPL Vision acquisitions • News from EMVA and UKIVA


Deep learning


Greg Blackman reports on what the experts at Vision said about deep learning


Event-based imaging


Fresh from winning the Vision Award, Prophesee’s Luca Verre talks about the prospects for neuromorphic imaging


Medical


Tahir Rabbani of Viztronics on a 3D solution for imaging shiny orthopaedic implants


Feature case study 15


CXV Global writes about an automation solution for counting laboratory vials


14 12 10 Solar energy


Andrew Williams looks at how infrared imaging is used to inspect solar panels


Seed analysis


Greg Blackman finds out that hyperspectral imaging can tell a story about the viability of seeds


Tech focus: GigE Vision Products


The latest vision equipment Suppliers’ directory


Find the suppliers you need 24


Pleora’s James Falconer on dealing with 3D data in the recent versions of GigE Vision


26 30 20 16


he Vision trade fair welcomed back 5,400 visitors and 296 exhibitors in October, as the


industry came together in what was a hugely successful show for most – given the circumstances. Any worries about attendance or the size of the show were quickly dispelled when the trade fair got underway, and pretty much everyone felt it was such a positive step to be back and talking with customers and competitors face to face. Prophesee won the Vision Award for


its neuromorphic imaging technology; we speak to Luca Verre, the firm’s CEO, on page 12. Te work with Sony on a neuromorphic sensor opens up the technology to a much wider user base – and, since Vision, Prophesee has announced a further partnership with a neuromorphic computer chip maker, SynSense, to develop edge computer vision solutions. Deep learning was a trend topic at


Vision, as it was in 2018 when the last Vision trade fair took place. So much progress has been made over the past three years, all driven by forces and markets a lot bigger than industrial imaging. On page 10 there’s a report about deep learning discussions at Vision. Elsewhere in this issue there are


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articles about inspecting seeds with hyperspectral imaging to see how likely they are to germinate (page 20); how infrared imaging is being used to inspect solar cells (page 16); and a 3D imaging technique used to guide a robot to pick and place shiny orthopaedic implants (page 14). Vision is back next year to make up for lost time, before returning to a biennial cycle. With so much excitement over this show, next year’s is bound to be a hit.


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