The use of robots in industry has many advantages. Their utilization speeds up processes, makes them more precise and allows plants to run 24/7. In order to integrate robots into a production line, plant engineers are forced to build up missing robot knowledge...
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Laser light vs. lightfield – Where are the differences?
Both the light field and the use of lasers are common imaging methods in Machine Vision. But what is the difference between the two techniques, where are the respective advantages? Unfortunately, neither laser sword nor light show: laser triangulation is a widely used...
How can you simplify software development?
Our software expert Silvan Lindner explains how writing and designing software has changed over the years and to what extent these changes ease life for developers. Software development requires various tools that convert code into an executable program, the so-called...
Teaching robots to see
Child's play and yet incredibly difficult: that's the motto. Machines gain the ability to see through vision systems. However, it takes more than just a vision system to identify and understand objects. A robot moves over a box of colourful building blocks in various...
Natural Win-Win-Situation
As the winner of the VISION Startup Pitch Contest 2020, we were happy to accept the VDMA's invitation for an interview. Together with Dr Klaus-Henning Noffz, Head of New Business Development at Basler, our founder and CEO Dr Christoph Garbe spoke with him about...
9 Challenges You Can Expect in Bin Picking
Still, many companies use manual labor for repetitive tasks that require cognitive skills. To meet the demands of manufacturing, logistics or online retail, better imitation of human-like movements is needed. Robots should work smarter, faster and more flexibly. On...
Simply brilliant – object handling for glossy and metallic parts
HD Vision Systems is presenting a new product family for automated object handling of shiny and metallic parts. The intuitive systems consist of ready-to-use software and a light field sensor. In addition to bin picking, gripping from pile and from a conveyor belt are...
Admission to the MVTec Partner Programme
HD Vision Systems is now a member of the partner programme of the Machine Vision software manufacturer MVTec. The company develops the well-known HALCON software development kit, which is also used for our machine vision solutions. We are all the more pleased that we...
What’s next for artificial intelligence in Germany?
Fearfully intelligent? It's not quite as scary as Hollywood and science fiction describe AI technologies after all. Artificial intelligence (AI) merely automates learning through cleverly selected repetition operators. The goal here is to use AI to perform...