Technical article by Lea Sauerwein, Christian Ebenhöh, and René Geiger in the current issue 5/2021 of PhotonicsViews: a new approach to the joining of polymers combines...

Technical article by Patrick Kim in the new issue 5/2021 of PhotonicsViews: new laser system component minimizes unwanted heat accumulation in the material being...

B&R has added the CANopen safety protocol to its safe X90 controllers. With CANopen Safety, data is transmitted in a safety-related manner in accordance with SIL2. The...

The safety of people interacting with robots has top priority, especially when humans and robots are working side by side instead of being separated from each other by...

Peter J. de Groot and Michael Schmidt have provided a pivotal article, looking at the extremely important subject of the role of metrology in Industry 4.0.

The field of photogrammetry – capturing high-definition 3D scans of objects, buildings, and people – has advanced considerably in recent years in line with camera...

By analyzing lens data during optics design, the optimal optical fabrication chain can be determined.

Distributed computing for the automated manufacturing of the future.