Robotics Lenses from Universe Kogaku
Universe Kogaku designs and manufactures a wide range of high-quality lenses suitable for use in various industrial applications. These lenses are particularly popular in the field of robotics, where precision optics are critical to achieving accurate and reliable performance.
One of the key features of Universe Kogaku lenses is their exceptional clarity and sharpness, which allows them to capture fine details with great accuracy. This is essential for many robotic applications, where even small errors in perception can have significant consequences.
Universe Kogaku lenses are also designed to be highly durable and resistant to damage from dust, moisture, and other environmental factors. This makes them ideal for use in harsh industrial environments where other lenses may struggle to maintain their performance over time.
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The Martian Rover’s Many ‘Eyes’
The state-of-the-art Mars Rover has 17 cameras surrounding the state-of-the-art machine functions, such as navigational, descent imaging, and other scientific investigation. […]
Robots In Retail
Robotic systems have made their way into retail, from 6-feet machines catching spills at Giant Foods Stores to automated shelf-scanners monitoring inventory in Walmart. In many Lowe’s stores, a “LoweBot” [...]
Robotic Weeders
The agricultural industry is seeing an increase in the use of robots, AI, autonomous and self-driving tractors and other automated equipment. Alongside the increase in growth, the robotic lens industry has grown as well. [...]
Underwater Robot Completes Sampling Operation
The first ever automated underwater robot has now completed its first operation, diving down 500 meters and collecting a sample. The robot, named Nereid Under Ice (NEI), was development in partnership with The Woods Hole [...]
Identifying Plants Versus Weeds
Farming equipment has come a long way and at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV, John Deere made a big splash with their new technology. Exhibited in 2019, John Deere’s newest combine [...]
Kitchen Robots
Every day in kitchens throughout the world, people prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner. Often times it is as simple as popping something in the microwave or may involve preparing a meal from scratch. However, after [...]
Custom Lenses Powering 3D Bin-Picking Robotics
Vision systems must do more than produce shapely outlines—they must capture detailed point clouds, identify orientations, and relay precise positioning to the robot’s control system. That’s where high quality optics come in.
Use Of Infrared Cameras In Reconnaissance Robots
Various infrared and thermal-imaging devices help detect covert threats, objects, and suspects. Unlike standard image intensifiers that amplify low levels of light, thermal imagers are more sensitive to infrared (IR) light. Therefore, they are not [...]
3D Vision Robotics Is Changing The Face Of Bin-Picking
Whether you are in the business of assembly operation or a fulfillment house, automating the distribution of broad and varied mix of parts or SKU’s is no longer a challenge. 3D vision robotics is changing [...]
Neighborhood Delivery Robots
The days of heading out to pick up food from a restaurant are coming to an end, at least in Washington, DC. A fleet of roughly 20 autonomous, knee-high neighborhood [...]
The Future of Precision Lenses Is Bright
The US consumer electronics industry reached approximately 228 billion dollars by the close of 2017. Globally, it’s predicted to reach 2.9 trillion by 2020. With this type of growth, the [...]
Robotic Banking
Robots are taking over the financial service industry in many ways. Everyone is familiar with the ATM machine, and now robotic banking is showing up in mainstream financial institutions. […]
Robotic Vision Using IR And QR
Think about it – talking speakers (Alexa); Vacuum Cleaners (Roomba); The Clapper (lights on, lights off) – robots are in the house. In the not so distant past, we watched and laughed as The Jetson’s [...]
Robot Radiologist
There’s a day looming on the horizon where machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) will interpret even the most complex clinical images as accurately as today’s most experienced radiologists. […]
Sales of Robotics And Automation Is On The Rise
It’s estimated that by 2020, more than 1.7 million new industrial robots will be installed in factories around the world; showing that the sales of robotics and automation is on [...]
Underwater Robots
Space is often considered the ‘final frontier’. Satellites have played a big role in the exploration of space as they send data back to scientists here on earth. However, the [...]
CCTV Cameras and Police Robots
Law enforcement agencies around the globe are beginning to rely more heavily on technology to assist in their roles to keep the peace. The use of CCTV cameras, and more [...]
Robotics In The Dairy Industry
As the demand for more automation increases, we are seeing it played out in more industries on a global scale. Precision dairy farming, which includes the use of automated milking and computerized systems to [...]
Robotics for Lawn Care
For some, mowing the lawn is a meditative, almost spiritual experience. It’s a chance to tune out while getting a little exercise walking behind a lawnmower, while inhaling the scent of freshly cut grass. [...]
Precision Lenses for Machine, Automation, and Robotic Vision in Manufacturing
We support engineers from concept through prototyping and into production—ensuring each robotics vision system has optics tailored to its function.
New technology shrinks mechanical LIDAR sensors onto silicon wafers
The field of robot vision guidance is developing rapidly. The benefits of sophisticated vision technology include savings, improved quality, reliability, safety and productivity. Robot vision is used for part identification and navigation. Vision applications [...]
Space Robots
Who remembers Lost in Space and laughing at the robot? Many children watching that show, and others like it, dreamed of growing up and becoming Astronauts. For some, those dreams became reality, as the [...]
Production Fault-Finding using Hi-Speed Imaging Systems
As the automated manufacturing environment continues to evolve, the ability to analyze high-speed processes in order to increase quality and efficiency, along with the ability to identify and resolve immediate manufacturing line problems is [...]
Robotic Face Detection
Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and is widely used in several human related applications. However, vision-based face detection and recognition [...]
Vision-Guided Robot Aids Manufacturers
Researchers have developed a vision guided robotic inspection system that assists in manufacturing processes by providing automated inspection and computer-aided decision making. The system integrates an R12 articulated robot arm and an industrial camera [...]