Assuring quality and increasing productivity by means of machine vision

Welcome to the pages of the business unit Inspection and Optronic Systems of Fraunhofer IOSB! You have come to the right place if you are looking for a competent development and innovation partner for technological challenges in automated quality assurance, machine vision inspection or remote sensing, for example.

The Inspection and Optronic Systems business unit is home to all the Fraunhofer IOSB activities in sensor technology, signal processing and image processing that are used for quality assurance and enhancing productivity. 

Our solutions comprise, on the one hand, optical sensor systems covering the entire reflection spectrum from ultraviolet to infrared; and, on the other, IT systems for processing and analyzing signals in real time and, on this basis, providing specific information for people in the workplace or for decision-making in automated environments such as sorting systems. 

These solutions are complemented by a wide portfolio of services, ranging from feasibility studies and process development to practical validation and the building of demonstrators and commercial end systems

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Technologies for sustainability:
Food production, recycling, resilient water systems and energy supply



Read our new brochure. It shows a cross-section of our expertise and highlights current topics in the Inspection and Optronic Systems business field:  

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Scope

We address these challenges:

 

Inspection of complex objects

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Distant inspection / remote sensing

Whether monitoring the growth and maturation of crops, measuring the vibrations of rotating wind turbines, or determining the condition of pipelines and dams, distant optical measurement techniques make it possible.

 

FoodControl

We offer solutions and new technological approaches for food sorting and industrial quality control.

 

Sorting bulk goods

Industrial sorting of pourable conveyed materials - whether for foreign object detection in food production, sorting of different fractions in recycling or separation of minerals. 

 

Optronic communication

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Further information about the business unit

 

“Simulated defects open the door to AI applications”

How synthetic imaging can solve the chicken-and-egg problem for AI in inspection: Interview with Prof. Thomas Längle, spokesperson for the business unit.

 

Equipment, laboratory and experimental facilities

Cooperate with us

Companies can cooperate with us within the framework of funded joint projects or commission R&D services directly - and there are other ways to access our know-how.