Watch the Autonomous Space Robotics Lab's rover in action

• Long-Range Autonomous Navigation Using a Bumblebee XB3 Stereo Camera
• Beta Release of FlyCapture 2.1 SDK Available Now
• Beta Release of Ladybug 1.5 SDK Available Now
  
• Standard Features of Point Grey Cameras
• Industrial Vision Days Presentation at VISION Stuttgart 2010
• Upcoming Events
• New Articles and Application Notes

The Bumblebee XB3 stereo camera as the only sensor used for navigating the rover

Long-Range Autonomous Navigation Using a Bumblebee XB3 Stereo Camera

The Autonomous Space Robotics Lab at the University of Toronto developed a technique to enable long-range autonomous navigation using a Bumblebee XB3 stereo camera as the only set of sensors. Using this technique, a rover can autonomously traverse a multi-kilometer route in unstructured, three-dimensional terrain, without an accurate global reconstruction.

The research project, led by Paul Furgale and Tim Barfoot, won the Kuka Service Robotics Best Paper Award at the 2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010).

Download the ICRA 2010 best paper PDF (2mb)

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Various new features are available in FlyCapture 2.1

Beta Release of FlyCapture 2.1 Available Now

Point Grey recently released the first Beta of version 2.1 of the FlyCapture® Software Development Kit. Building on the success of v2.0, v2.1 includes a number of new features and enhancements, including a bus interface API, torn image detection, and improvements to bus reset handling, partial image event notifications, and 64-bit driver performance. This version also adds support for Point Grey’s upcoming GigE Vision-compliant Gigabit Ethernet cameras.
Read the release notes...


If you are interested in helping us test out the new FlyCapture 2.1,
please feel free to download it from our downloads site.

Improved thread safety and asynchronous file reading are just a few of the new features in Ladybug 1.5 SDK

Beta Release of Ladybug 1.5 SDK Available Now

The highly anticipated Ladybug 1.5 Beta Release is now available for download. Features include improved thread safety and asynchronous file reading and writing, and better support for pipelining of the image processing core. Users can now fully utilize the resources available on higher end PCs with greater than 4 cores and faster hard drives. The result is improved update rates during capture and storage and faster post processing. Read the release notes...

If you are interested in helping us test out the new Ladybug 1.5 Beta release, please feel free to download it from our downloads site.

Lens protector, status light, and tripod adapter come standard with all Point Grey cameras

Standard Features of Point Grey Cameras

When comparing cameras from different manufacturers, you probably start by looking at key features such as digital interface, image sensor, price, etc. However, there are other less publicized features which may not appear to be important at first, but can improve vision system performance, maximize reliability, and minimize cost. These additional features, which are standard with every Point Grey camera, are:

 • Tripod mount adapter included at no extra charge
 • Status LED to determine and troubleshoot device status
 • Removable glass/IR filter system to protect the sensor

Learn more about these features

Don't miss Vlad Tucakov's presentation at Industrial Vision Days at VISION 2010

Industrial VISION Days Presentation at VISION Stuttgart 2010

Vlad Tucakov, Director of Sales & Marketing, will be giving a presentation at the Industrial Vision Days in Stuttgart, Germany, titled “How Advances in Camera Technology Will Reduce Cost and Maximize Vision System Performance”. The session will examine how specific trends, such as the availability of faster digital interfaces and higher-speed image sensors, will shape vision systems in the years to come. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, November 9th, 11:30 am - 12:00 pm.

Visit the interactive VISION 2010 flyer ( Flash required)

11th European Conference on Computer Vision

Point Grey will be exhibiting at ECCV, the 11th European Conference on Computer Vision, in Crete, Greece from September 5 - 10, 2010.

SEMICON Taiwan

Point Grey will be attending SEMICON Taiwan with Apo Star, our Taiwan Distributor in Taipei, Taiwan from September 8 - 10, 2010

7th China International Machine Vision Exhibition

Point Grey will be attending the 7th China Machine Vision Exhibition with Luster, our Chinese Distributor in Beijing, China from October 27 - 29, 2010

VISION Stuttgart 2010

Point Grey will be exhibiting at VISION in Stuttgart, Germany from November 9 - 11, 2010