Posted to News on 18th Apr 2007, 19:02
UKIVA celebrates 15th anniversary
The UKIVA has just celebrated its 15th anniversary. It was established on 18th March 1992 as a not-for-profit trade organisation whose prime objective was to promote the use of imaging in industry. Over the years it has expanded its remit a number of times to reflect the dynamics of the imaging world and now includes applications for imaging in science. Members include vision component suppliers, 'full system' suppliers, or system integrators, consultancy services and academic research groups.
One of the key achievements of the Association has been in establishing itself as a renowned knowledge centre for matters related to industrial imaging. The UKIVA web site (www.ukiva.org) is an extremely informative source of vision information and attracts around 6000 visitors per month. It is the first port of call for many who are seeking to introduce a vision system. The Association also offers free advice via phone (+44 (0)1763 261419) or email ([email protected]) to anyone seeking help in specifying or sourcing vision systems or components.
Newsletter
The Association also publishes an informative newsletter twice per year, and the latest eight-page PDF can be downloaded from www.ukiva.org/newsjan07.html. As usual, it contains an interesting mix of information by and about members and a call to participate in the adaptation and implementation of DynaVis research results. DynaVis is a project within Framework 6 of the European Commission to enable human-machine co-operation to learn complicated inspection tasks instead of step-by-step improvements and adaptations of software. For cricket lovers there is information on the new infrared 'Hot Spot' system that could potentially eliminate doubt for the umpires as to whether the ball has indeed hit the bat in disputed appeals.
Each issue of the newsletter is downloaded by around 1000 people, and and there have already been some 700 downloads for the January 2007 issue. Also
available for download is the UKIVA Members directory, which is another extremely popular publication.
