A number of four-legged robot dogs have been deployed in the workforce for applications like inspections, security and public safety among others. At their core, these four-legged robots are mobility platforms that can be equipped with different payloads depending on the type of information that companies want to gather. Competition in the four-legged robot market is [...]
Lenses are an essential component of any imaging system in order to focus the image of the examined object onto the camera sensor. They can be used to remove parallax or perspective error, or provide adjustable magnifications, field of views, or focal lengths. Lenses continue to evolve in order to be able to accommodate the changing [...]
In this episode, Emilie welcomes Dr. Tim Stevenson. Emilie and Tim discuss different applications where high-temperature sensors can be used, the misconceptions about high-temperature inspection in the field, and the future of high temperature for NDT. Tim Stevenson Tim is the development director and cofounder of Ionix. Previously a senior research fellow at the University of [...]
Cenosco Joins Open AI Energy Initiative; Brings Asset Integrity Software Addition completes AI-powered end-to-end suite of integrity solutions for asset-intensive industries, such as chemicals, oil and gas, renewable energy and other process industries REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 23rd, 2021 – C3 AI (NYSE:AI) today announced that global engineering software company Cenosco will join the Open [...]
ROBOTIC inspection technology is set to be transformed thanks to an inspection crawler capable of climbing vertically on stainless steel, plastic, glass, and other surfaces that existing magnetic crawlers cannot manage. Thanks to a new partnership between global robotics company Nexxis and Invert Robotics, the new technology that was originally designed for use in the dairy [...]
Shawcor Ltd. ("Shawcor" or the "Company") (TSX: SCL) today announced the sale of its Pipeline Performance Products business (the "Products business") to Seal For Life Industries ("Seal For Life"), a platform of Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm based out of New York. The purchase price was USD $91.5 million, subject to working capital [...]
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. ("Duos" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:DUOT) through its operating subsidiary Duos Technologies, Inc. a provider of vision based analytical technology solutions, has been awarded a contract for an additional turn-key Railcar Inspection Portal (rip®) with existing customer CSX Transportation ("CSX") (NASDAQ:CSX). This contract marks the third portal to be installed as part of [...]
Pro-Surve Technical Services Acquisitions, LLC has acquired D&C Inspection Services, Inc., an inspection services provider with a long history in Seabrook, TX. D&C Inspection Services, Inc. was headed by Christopher Rahe, Vice President of Global Operations and his team for the last 7 years. D&C Inspection Services, Inc. has grown steadily since we opened our doors [...]
Elementary, a fast-growing startup that has built an AI machine vision platform for quality and inspection in manufacturing, has closed $30M in Series B funding to support customer demand. Following the new round of capital, the company is now poised to aggressively scale its solution worldwide with existing and new customers. Given the current manufacturing market [...]
In aerospace manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), there are many nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques for aluminum and steel, but far fewer options for carbon and glass fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP, GFRP) composites. Given the multi-layered, anisotropic nature of these materials, flaws like cracks, porosity and foreign bodies can occur on the surface or within a [...]