Entries for 'Ken Brey'

Ken Brey

06/09/2009

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I saw an amazing new 3d vision tool at the Robot and Vision Show today. It is the IFM Defector PMD 3DD. This device is a 64X48 pixel distance sensor. It operates by the time of flight principle. A pulse of light infra-red light is emitted by ...

Ken Brey

05/27/2009

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Purpose-built 3D scanning tools are an exciting new development in machine vision. People have been building their own 3D scanners for years with cameras and line lasers. Now, a couple of integrated and factory-calibrated units are on the market w...

Ken Brey

05/07/2009

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This blog will cover how DMC increased the speed of a rate-limiting process step for the ThyssenKrupp Waupaca foundry. It will cover the following: Construct a basic motion model with a spreadsheet. Optimize a non-linear motion profile to mat...