How can we harness modern technology in a way that will allow people to collaborate with business even more intelligently, efficiently, and sustainably in the future? SICK has applied 2D laser scanners to crop robots in order to assist a scientific project at Wageningen University and Research Centre. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Detection and ranging solution
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Like Tom Cruise in Minority Report: Laser measurement enables non-contact interaction
Navigating through interactive contents by movements of the hand like Tom Cruise in Minority Report – this is the dream that the Swiss Atracsys company has made a reality with the beMerlin LV. The LMS100 2D laser scanner from SICK supplies a high-quality signal whose evaluation enables the user to carry out intuitive and futuristic navigation. (with video) Continue reading
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KhorFakkan Port equipped with new advanced object detection
Gulftainer Company Limited was established in 1976 in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The company’s primary role is to manage and operate the container terminals in Port Khalid and KhorFakkan on behalf of Sharjah Port Authority. The Port of KhorFakkan, United Arab Emirates, is the Indian Ocean location of one of Gulftainer’s UAE-based container terminals (KhorFakkan Container Terminal, KCT). KCT is operating 20 ship-to-shore quay cranes to load and unload containers from the shipping vessels. Due to the high costs for the anchoring time for vessels, any docking interruptions or offloading delays must be prevented, because time is pure money. Continue reading
Building Management
LMS100 2d laser scanners: For long maintenance intervals and short queues at Europa-Park Rust
Maintenance work according to facility use and information on where queue times are shortest – both made possible at Europa-Park in Rust by 2d laser scanners from SICK. Continue reading