Techniques for optical acquisition of physical objects and their surroundings lie at the heart of virtual reality (VR) systems and material design applications, but the digitization process becomes ...

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Kitchen robots are a popular vision of the future, but if a robot of today tries to grasp a kitchen staple such as a clear measuring cup or a shiny knife, it likely won't be able to. Transparent and ...

Kyocera has unveiled a triple lens AI depth camera capable of recognizing semi-transparent, thin, and fine line-shaped ...

FLORENCE, Ky., July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Their background evaluation mode makes them an ideal choice for detecting highly reflective or shiny parts. And their intelligent ambient light ...

Figure 1: Diagram of Kyocera’s AI-Based High-Res Depth Sensor for Close Imaging. Figure 2 (upper left): Objects measured using Kyocera’s AI-Based High-Res Depth Sensor for Close Imaging and a ...

You might not see most objects in near-total darkness, but AI can. MIT scientists have developed a technique that uses a deep neural network to spot objects in extremely low light. The team trained ...

Picking up transparent objects is hard when you’re a robot. Many of the traditional cameras and sensors just can’t get a good enough view to tell the grasper where to go. The light from infrared ...

Who doesn't love shiny things? Well... robots for one. The same goes for transparent objects. At least, that's long been the case. Machine vision has stumbled when it comes to shiny or reflective ...

An animated sequence that illustrates a range of different light sources. The Sun, fire, electric lights and torches are all shown. Darkness is presented as the absence of light and shadows as ...

SICK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, encoders and automatic identification solutions for factory and logistics automation, announced the launch of ...