The humble flat-bed scanner can be used as a portal into a hacked computer, according to researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Several messages were transmitted to trigger malware ...

[Rik]’s Hexastorm laser scanner project originally used a discrete polygon mirror controller+motor module from Sharp to spin a prism. But the scanner head was a bit difficult to assemble and had a lot ...

Safety is the No. 1 priority in robotic applications. Among the collaborations at the Universal Robots booth at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2024 was a SICK safety laser ...

It is reportedly the smallest and lightest safety-rated laser scanner on the market with measurements of 102 x 116 x 104 mm (W x H x D) with a weight of 0.8 kg ,versus 102 x 152 x 105 mm (W x H x D) ...

Sick's S300 Mini safety laser scanner. Source: Sick. With the ISO 13849 machinery safety standard increasingly being adopted on a global basis, the addition of safety devices to machines has moved ...

A research project undertaken by the Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) at the University of Bristol used laser profile sensors from Micro-Epsilon to detect defects formed during the composites ...