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Microsoft’s Kinect: Giant Step for Robotic Vision

Microsoft’s Kinect has put robotics in the hands of the common man. The hardware is changing the robotics industry as new innovative applications for the product keep popping up.

27 Jun 2011

Obama Announces $70 Million Robotics Initiative

President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

27 Jun 2011

Robots Perceive 3D Shapes with Heat Mapping Techniques

Purdue University researchers have developed new heat mapping techniques for robots to perceive three-dimensional shapes.

24 Jun 2011

Market Intelligence Report Provides Details on Future Trends in Machine Vision

The market intelligence report (MIR) published by Research and Markets gives a detailed account of the future requirements and technologies in Machine Vision.

15 Jun 2011

Imperial College Robots Advance in Eurobot Competition

Imperial College London Robotics Society students are gearing up for the finals of Eurobot. The team has already got through the initial rounds in UK in the international robotics competition. The team comprises of Leon Sim, Ben Homer, Asset Sarsengaliyev and supervisor Richard Inglis.

12 Jun 2011

Microscan Launches AutoVISION Series of Vision and Lighting Solutions

Microscan introduces a series of three vision and lighting solutions, Vision HAWK, Vision Mini smart cameras and AutoVISION machine vision software interface.

6 Jun 2011

World Robot Olympiad Arabia Brings Together 300 Teams

The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.

5 May 2011

GigaPan Reintroduces EPIC Pro Robotic Camera with New and Special Functions

The Epic Pro, one the robotic camera products from GigaPan is being revamped with new functions.

5 May 2011

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Build 'GigaPan Time Machine'

At the Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute engineers have developed computer browser technology to create the ‘GigaPan Time Machine’. This allows viewers to see large, panoramic, high resolution image sequences and videos by zooming in and out of the photographs. The viewer can also simultaneously move back and forth in time.

25 Apr 2011

World's Smallest Firewire Camera for Robotic Applications Available from Stemmer Imaging

STEMMER IMAGING can now offer one of the world’s smallest Firewire (IEEE1394b) cameras for machine vision and robotic applications. The ultra-compact and lightweight monochrome Sony XCD-MV6 measures just 19 mm (3/4 inch) in depth and weighs only 37 grams, yet produces high quality images.

From STEMMER IMAGING AG 31 Mar 2011