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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

Coherix Launches Business Unit for Three-Dimensional Multispectral Metrology and Machine Vision Solutions

Coherix, a supplier of three-dimensional noncontact metrology and inspection products for the semiconductor and automotive industries, has launched a business unit, which would execute grant and contract developments of advanced metrology custom machine vision solutions.

25 Mar 2011

Automate 2011 to Explain Certification Programs for Vision System Integrators and Robotics

The Automate 2011 show at Chicago’s McCormick Place was held from March 21-24, saw the launch of new certification programs for both robotics and machine vision system integrators.

25 Mar 2011

Focus on Machine Vision, Robotics and Motion Control in Automate 2011

Automate 2011 is the place where new investments in machine vision, robotics, motion control and other automation technologies would possibly be planned and envisioned for fueling the growth of the robotics industry.

25 Mar 2011

Automate 2011 to Honor First Industrial Robot’s 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary

The first industrial robot set up in 1961at New Jersey’s General Motors Plant in Trenton is to be honored, at the Automate 2011 show with a special pavilion named “50 years: A Tribute to Industrial Robots”.

19 Mar 2011

Cognex’s Machine Vision Software Enables End Users to Grade Product Images

VisionPro 7.0 machine vision software from Cognex can be used in tracking applications where process simplification and field maintenance is required.

From Cognex Corporation 7 Mar 2011