(Pipeline Analytics: Pittsburgh) -- New for WinCan V8 pipe inspection and asset management software, the WinCan Laser module from Pipeline Analytics makes it easy to capture pipeline geometry using a video-inspection crawler outfitted with practically any laser profiling hardware.

(QuantumVision Corp.: Roswell, GA) -- QuantumVision Corp., manufacturer, designer, and implementer of custom machine vision solutions, has created the Hammerhead, the industry’s first 3-D stereo smart vision system.

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I’m certainly no physicist, but I think there’s a worthy analogy between the decay of radioisotopes and lean behavior within an organization.

(InnovMetric: Québec City, Canada) -- InnovMetric Software Inc., a global supplier of industrial 3-D metrology software solutions, is proud to unveil the world’s first relational inspection solution with PolyWorks v. 12.

(Agistix: Redwood City, CA)--Agistix, a global provider of transportation management solutions, has announced the launch of Total Visibility.

(Techno-Omil: New Hyde Park, NY) -- A new series of two-finger parallel grippers from Techno-Omil feature a heavy-duty T-slot design. Identified as the OPP2 series, these nine grippers feature a stroke range from 12 mm to 72 mm and a gripping force from 420 N to 8410 N.

(REIS: Obernburg, Bavaria) -- REIS Robotics, a leader in system integration of robots, has completely revised its RH robot series and greatly improved its use for removal, insertion, and spray robots in the casting foundry.

(IDS: Woburn, MA) -- IDS GmbH, the headquarters for IDS Imaging Development Systems and a global leader in machine vision technology, has unveiled the UI–2280SE, an ideal all-round camera with USB 2.0 interface and Sony ICX655 CCD sensor in 5 megapixel resolution (2448 pixels × 2050 pixels).

Innovation is a tough word to define, but most would say they know it when they see it.