Why are vision systems so interesting for sports applications?

When athletes compete against each other, vision systems are often involved to check referee decisions, create statistics, or make training more effective. Because with high-resolution images, details can be recognised that are hardly visible to the human eye: Whether it is…

Embedded vision systems are on the rise

In computer vision, embedded vision is no longer only a buzzword, but has now established itself in many applications. From quality control in typical industrial applications such as battery inspection and robot-assisted pick-and-place systems, to non-industrial applications in the sports or entertainment…

More speed thanks to TCP offload

TCP offload means that TCP network packets are unpacked from the network card and assembled into larger segments. This task is usually done by the CPU but can be done to a large extent on hardware with modern network set-ups….

STEMMER IMAGING Modular Embedded

STEMMER IMAGING has been an expert in machine vision technology for 35 years. In its anniversary year, the company is now presenting its new embedded vision concept “STEMMER IMAGING Modular Embedded”. A comprehensive ecosystem with a powerful hardware selection, a wide range of state-of-the-art…

Boosting high-precision inspection performance with innovative 3D features

With the GenICam standard 3.0, also known as GenICam 3D, numerous new features and functions related to the standardised connection of 3D cameras have been applied. Specific features are no longer required for communication between the application and the hardware, enabling an uncomplicated…

Direct interfacing of smart 3D vision system with robots

The use of small to medium-sized collaborative robots for factory automation applications is growing at a rapid rate. Many of these applications are pick-and-place, so the robots require machine vision to visualize the scene, process information to make control decisions and execute precision-based…

A deep dive into polarisation

You remember it from school, how it reduced glare from certain angles of light, and you know your sunglasses are meant to do the same … but do you really know how the light is…