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By Carlton Heard Vision Hardware and Software Product Manager National Instruments This article was originally published at Control Engineering. It is reprinted here with the permission of CFE Media. Visual servo control: Vision used for robotic or machine guidance also can be used for in-line part inspection to enhance product quality with traditional feedback systems.

On Wednesday, October 2, the Embedded Vision Alliance will return to the Boston, Massachusetts region for the third iteration (and second annual East Coast edition) of the Embedded Vision Summit. This free day-long technical educational forum will take place at the Regency Inn and Conference Center in Westford, Massachusetts. The Embedded Vision Summit is designed

By building our system with the NI FlexRIO FPGA adapter module incorporated in an NI PXI system with LabVIEW, we can more effectively monitor and control the quality of the SLM process. – Tom Craeghs, Catholic University of Leuven The Challenge Controlling and monitoring the selective laser melting (SLM) process in real time to more

The device performs to a high standard with a total build cost of less than €5,000 and a development time of less than three months. This is largely due to the ease of hardware integration provided by LabVIEW and also the advanced and high-speed data processing capabilities that LabVIEW and NI vision provide. – David

We designed automated vision interpretation software (AVI) using LabVIEW and the NI Vision Development Module, which presented the most efficient and powerful capabilities for developing our automated vision interpretation concept and shortening our time market. – Dan Olsson, Infotiv AB The Challenge Designing an automated test system to interpret text, symbols, and indicators to ensure

With the NI standard, we can implement fast integration of any product in the projects, shortening development time and costs. – Cristiano Buttinoni, Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD), ImagingLab The Challenge Designing a system that tightly integrates robotics and vision for assembling electric components with short batches and a variety of products. The Solution Installing five

By adopting the LabVIEW platform, we successfully programmed, prototyped, and tested new robotics applications very quickly. – Ignazio Piacentini, ImagingLab The Challenge Identifying the position and orientation and performing quality control of face powder brushes, and programming a robotic system to pick up the brushes and place them in a powder case on an eight-slot