21.06.2011

Manta Camera Family with New Models

Allied Vision Technologies has enhanced its Manta camera family with new models, more housing variations, new functions and a Power over Ethernet interface. more21.03.2011

Humanoid Robonaut Sees with two AVT Prosilica Cameras

Built in partnership with General Motors (GM) and the Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, NASA's Robonaut (R2) is the second generation of highly dexterous humanoid robot designed to work alongside humans and execute simple, repetitive or dangerous tasks on Earth or on board the International Space Station (ISS). more28.06.2010

Imaging makes agriculture greener

Digital imaging technologies are widely used in industrial inspection, product quality testing, automation control and process optimization. Likewise, in agriculture, the use of machine vision can raise productivity, reduce costs and protect the environment in the process. For that reason, researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands have developed a novel system to automatically recognize and combat weeds in the field. more23.04.2010

AVT Helps Laetus with Camera Cure-All

Good health is prized by individuals and society alike. Thus, it's no wonder that the pharmaceutical industry is a major consumer of automated testing facilities. The company Laetus from Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany specializes in the development, production and marketing of highly developed control systems for pharmaceutical packaging, from the identification of flawed packaging material through to its secure removal from the packaging process. Thanks to Laetus' control systems, pharmaceutical companies minimize error risks and guarantee the traceability of each individual package. more04.03.2010

Windows Software Development Kit for Cameras

Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) presents its new Software Development Kit (SDK) for the integration of AVT FireWire and Gigabit Ethernet cameras into image processing systems. The AVT Universal Package is the first Windows SDK from Allied Vision Technologies that supports both FireWire (IEEE1394a/b) and Gigabit Ethernet (GigE Vision) interfaces. more22.02.2010

GigE Vision Camera Series Now Shipping

Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) announces that the new Prosilica GX-Series are now available. These series include an innovative range of Gigabit Ethernet cameras which combine high-speed and high-resolution, from 1 to 8 Megapixel. Running at 240 MB/s data rate, the GX-Series are extremely fast GigE Vision compliant cameras. This new family of industrial cameras now includes 4 Megapixel (GX2300) and 8 Megapixel (GX3300) models. more14.10.2009

Motion Capture makes orthopedic diagnosis easier

Motion capture has become widely known for producing spectacular special effects and 3D animation in motion pictures. However, this technology, which transfers a human actor's motions onto a computer-generated figure, can be applied in many other fields. SIMI Reality Motion Systems GmbH of Munich, Germany provides innovative software and systems for motion capture applications, working not only with animation studios but also with competitive athletes, researchers and medical facilities who need precise tools for evaluation of motion sequences. more31.08.2009

Good to the last drop

Thanks to dropping prices as well as the boom in internet and digital photography use, ink-jet printers can now be found next to computers in almost every household. With just one push of a button, documents and images can be quickly and easily put to paper. more