Measuring the location and diameter of blind holes presents a persistent challenge for dimensional metrology, particularly where restricted optical access, reflective surfaces and limited illumination complicate inspection.
Read Article →
A digital inspection result may include an accurate measurement and still be wrong for the job. Suppose a part is checked against an obsolete drawing revision. The instrument records the dimension faithfully, the software produces a polished report, and everyone receives the wrong conclusion with impressive speed.
Read Article →
The development of artificial intelligence for industrial robotics has received a significant boost following the announcement that US-based Eka Robotics has raised $150 million in Series A funding to accelerate its development of general-purpose robots capable of performing complex physical tasks.
Read Article →
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are advancing their vision for software-defined factories (SDFs), in which integrated data, artificial intelligence (AI) and standardised software platforms will play an increasingly important role in how manufacturing operations are designed, managed and optimised.
Read Article →
In “AI Inspection Needs A Disagreement Audit Before Quality Teams Scale It” (Metrology News, 15 September 2026), Gleb Tsipursky argues that quality leaders should “measure disagreements between automated inspection and qualified human judgment before reducing human review”. Our case is small and sits outside the factory, but the principle carried over directly: an automated result is only as trustworthy as the independent reference it has been checked against.
Read Article →
Omron has agreed to acquire US industrial computer manufacturer OnLogic and its parent company, Interlogic, in a $675 million transaction designed to strengthen its industrial computing capabilities and accelerate the development of physical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for manufacturing.
Read Article →
Leica Microsystems, a Danaher company and a leading provider of microscopy and scientific solutions, and Cognex Corporation, a leader in industrial machine vision, has announced Aivaro AI Feature Detection, a new AI-powered software module that automatically identifies, classifies and measures defects and other features of interest during inspection.
Read Article →
Qualcomm to acquire PickNik Robotics, reinforcing its continued investment in driving an open ecosystem for advanced physical AI and robotics.
Read Article →
Siemens and Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world’s largest consumer goods manufacturers, are expanding the deployment of an AI-based quality inspection solution across P&G’s manufacturing operations worldwide.
Read Article →
Trossen Robotics, a provider of research and data-collection platforms for Physical AI, and Stereolabs, and maker of the ZED series of AI stereo cameras, have announced a collaboration that integrates Stereolabs’ ZED X Mini and ZED X Nano cameras into Trossen’s new Physical AI hardware suite for robot learning.
Read Article →