A new multispectral imaging system uses six wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the ocular fundus, potentially paving the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

 Adept Technology announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2010.

ISRA Vision says it has accelerated growth dynamics and gained further market shares. Business has noticably increased in the second half of the year. In the third quarter of FY 2009/2010 revenues rose by 24% compared to previous year's quarter.

A rover may autonomously traversed a multi-kilometer route in unstructured, three-dimensional terrain, without an accurate global reconstruction.

The IPC reported that rigid PCB shipments were up 23.9 percent while bookings increased 34.4 percent in July 2010 from July 2009. Compared to the previous month, rigid PCB shipments decreased 14.7 percent and rigid bookings decreased 16.9 percent.

 Applied Vision, a provider of machine vision inspection systems for the container manufacturing industry, has expanded its global customer service and support network with the opening of a new office in Dubai.

Researchers with the USDA Agricultural Research Service have used hyperspectral imaging to distinguish the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter from other microorganisms, achieving results as fast as 24 hours after a sample is placed on solid media in a Petri dish.

Optics Balzers has approved a major investment program worth over US$14.5 million. By the spring of 2012, all activities at the current site in Iramali will be moved to a new state-of-the-art building.

Automated Systems of Tacoma contracted Olympus Controls to develop the system comprising an In-Sight Micro system from Cognex mounted on a Staubli TX-60 HE six-axis industrial robot.

BT Imaging, a supplier of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, announced the completion of its Series A2 financing round totaling US$3.8 million.

Active Silicon announced the opening of new corporate offices in Severna Park, Maryland to support sales and operations in North America.

Researchers have developed a framework for video-based surveillance where target detection is integrated with tracking to improve detection results.

To address limitations in light-field imaging, researchers are taking a series of measurements—scanning in either the angular or spatial dimension—to synthesize a higher-resolution light field.

According to IMS Research  the world PLC market was estimated at $6.3 million in 2009; and is forecast to increase by $0.3 billion in 2010. However, revenues are not forecast to return to the 2008 level until 2012.

Continuing innovations in machine vision will be demonstrated at VISION 2010, to be held 9-11 November, in Stuttgart, Germany. The technological focal points  will include camera systems with different standard interfaces and stand-alone camera systems.

Membership in the Adopters Group will allow companies that are not principally machine vision vendors to obtain draft standards documentation for CoaXPress to evaluate and develop early prototype systems.

To protect their brand and maintain their reputation, pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer installed a machine vision system incorporating x-ray imaging to ensure the quality of their tablets at their manufacturing facility in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.

To meet quality control demands, the company designed and installed a machine vision system with FireWire cameras to perform a 100% quality test.

Sensor developer ICx Technologies has entered into a definitive merger agreement with thermal imaging and camera systems designer FLIR Systems. The agreement states that ICx would be acquired through a cash tender offer, followed by a merger with a subsidiary of FLIR, for $7.55 per share in cash.

Adept Technology, announced that Austong Intelligent Robot Technology ordered 12 Adept Quattro s650H robots to automate a secondary packaging operation for a leading dairy processor.