‘METROLOGY BREW’ News Bulletin – 28th September
Summary of metrology and smart manufacturing news from the past 7 days.
New Scanner Delivers Tolerance-Driven 3D Metrology
Artec 3D has announced the launch of Artec Neo, the first tolerance-driven wireless 3D scanner, unlocking a new approach to dimensional control and reverse engineering. Artec Neo delivers metrology-grade accuracy of 0.025 mm and volumetric accuracy of 0.025 mm + 0.035 mm/m where the design demands it, while capturing full-color 3D of the entire part … read more
SHINING 3D Expands Wireless 3D Metrology Lineup
SHINING 3D has announced major updates and additions to its professional 3D digitizing and metrology lineup. Combining untethered wireless freedom, advanced laser configurations, and integrated metrology-grade accuracy, these new product releases aim to streamline large-scale inspection and industrial measurement workflows. Newly launched FreeScan Combo+ … read more
3D Laser Scanning Sensor Transforms a Machine Tool into a Full-Scale Inspection Platform
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has introduced an updated version of its M & H LS-R-100 wireless machine tool laser scanner, unveiled at the AMB expo in Stuttgart. The system’s ability to capture high-density point clouds is impressive, realizing a true metrology breakthrough. The scanner fundamentally turns a machine tool into an active, closed-loop inspection … read more
Renishaw Reports Record Revenue as Semiconductor and Aerospace Demand Drives Growth
Renishaw has reported record revenue and a significant improvement in profitability for its financial year ended 30 June 2026, with accelerating demand from semiconductor, aerospace and defence customers helping drive growth across all three of its newly defined business segments. Group revenue increased 14% to £815.8 million … read more
Cognex Expands into Robotic Perception with RealSense Acquisition
Cognex Corporation, a global leader in industrial machine vision, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RealSense, a market leader in depth-sensing cameras and vision technology for robotic perception and Physical AI. The acquisition advances Cognex’s strategy to diversify its growth engine by entering the robotic perception market … read more
Siemens and P&G Scale Industrial AI for Real-Time Quality Inspection
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. The system inspects products in real time during production, delivers comprehensive inspection coverage at full line speed and helps improve quality … read more
Hybrid Platform Integrates Additive Manufacturing, Machining and Inspection
XYZO has launched its automated hybrid manufacturing technology, introducing a new approach to digital production of polymer parts that brings AM, precision machining, finishing, inspection, and process control in one connected platform. Developed following extensive research into the barriers preventing AM from progressing from prototyping into repeatable … read more
Hexagon and GelSight Integrate Portable Dimensional and Surface Inspection
Hexagon has announced an expanded integration with GelSight, building on the companies’ global partnership. The new workflow connects the Hexagon Absolute Arm, GelSight Mobile Series 2 and VGMETROLOGY Essential software, giving manufacturers a single environment to capture, align and analyze dimensional and high-resolution surface inspection data … read more
DMG MORI Introduces Automated probeSET Calibration System
Measurement accuracy is increasingly important as manufacturers push machine tools toward higher levels of automation and increasingly demanding production tolerances. Probing systems play an important role in this process, but their accuracy depends on regular calibration to compensate for changes in the probe, tool holder, spindle and environment … read more
Research Reveals the Hidden Gaps in Connected Manufacturing
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence has announced new research showing a gap between how manufacturers describe their operations and what is actually happening on the production floor. Most manufacturers consider themselves connected, but responses around feedback loops, quality and lost time tell a different story. The State of Manufacturing Report 2026 … read more
Universal Robots Launches Seventh-Generation Cobot Platform
Teradyne Robotics company Universal Robots (UR), the origina manufacturer of collaborative industrial robots, introduced Gen 7 – its seventh-generation robotics platform at IMTS 2026. Gen 7 represents a unified system upgrade, enhancing the exceptional robot user experience that operators, engineers, and integrators already prefer to work with every day … read more
Partnership Integrates 3D Vision for Physical AI Robot Learning
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 more
