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Alex Owen-Hill is a freelance writer and public speaker who blogs about a large range of topics, including science, presentation skills at CreateClarifyArticulate.com, storytelling and (of course) robotics. He completed a PhD in Telerobotics from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid as part of the PURESAFE project, in collaboration with CERN. As a recovering academic, he maintains a firm foot in the robotics world by blogging about industrial robotics.

http://alexowenhill.co.uk/

How Template Matching Works in Robot Vision

What does a robot vision system see when it detects an object on the production line? Computer vision systems have become both advanced and intuitive in recent years. It can be easy to forget that they are still very rudimentary compared to human vision. In this article, we look at one common approach to robot vision and how it affects the computer vision used by your robot.

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 30, 2016 7:00 AM. 5 min read time
 
How Template Matching Works in Robot Vision

What does a robot vision system see when it detects an object on the production line? Computer vision systems have become both...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 30, 2016 7:00 AM
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Clearpath's OTTO Gets a Brand New Arm at Automatica

The future of material transport was announced last year, but we saw it "in the flesh" at Automatica 2016. Clearpath's brand...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 29, 2016 7:00 AM
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Robots With Sausages and Beer? Only at Automatica!

Beer and sausages. They were very popular at Automatica 2016. But, it wasn't only the attendees who got their hands on these...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 28, 2016 9:48 AM
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Improve Performance and Reduce Risk With Safety Sensors

Even though collaborative robots are designed to be inherently safe, it doesn't mean you can just forget about risk. Safety...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 28, 2016 7:00 AM
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The Big Tour: What Knocked Our Socks Off Today @Automatica

We've reached the end of Automatica 2016! But, there's still time to show you the four big booths from this year's trade fair....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 24, 2016 2:00 PM
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It's Easy Being Green for FANUC's New Cobot

FANUC first collaborative robot (the CR-35i) was quite distinctive - it was bright green. We can now tell you that the CR-7iA,...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 24, 2016 10:45 AM
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We Get a Look at the First Motoman Cobot

Yaskawa has been a little behind other manufacturers in releasing a collaborative robot. But, finally they've joined the club....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 23, 2016 1:37 PM
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Can Automation Be Easy and Affordable for Everyone?

We attended a very interesting presentation yesterday at AUTOMATICA Forum. US company Hirebotics posed a question which really...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 23, 2016 7:41 AM
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What Knocked Our Socks Off Today @Automatica

Our first day at Automatica 2016 is over! Our booth has had a lot of visitors and there has been loads of great interest from...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 21, 2016 1:02 PM
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