A simplistic and end-to-end approach to bring the power of AI to the mass market and how it can also be used with 3D data to assist with challenging robot pick and place operations.

1. IDS Imaging Development Systems company introduction

Who and what is IDS

Presenter: Sally Denny

2. Introduction to AI with vision technology

Overview on how AI can be used within vision applications and how it can be simply deployed on cameras.

Presenter: Steve Hearn

3. Demonstrating the simplicity of IDS NXT Ocean

Grab, label, train and run AI – how to easily use the IDS NXT Ocean package to create your own AI solutions with limited knowledge of the technology.

Presenter: Rob Webb

4. Combining AI and 3D technologies to assist with robotic applications.

How AI and 3D data can be deployed in combination to help solve difficult robotic handling problems.

Presenter: Rob Webb

Fully Funded Programme Support For SMEs

Increased Competitiveness Through Efficient Man and Machine Collaboration (COTEMACO)

This programme is financed by Interreg North-West Europe to encourage SMEs to implement collaborative robotics and digital technologies. Through a support programme, the aim is to encourage 60 SMEs from the automotive and food industry to use factory labs to develop their knowledge of new technologies in a realistic setting.

Greater Lincolnshire Agri-food Innovation Platform (GLAFIP)

There will be an opportunity to find out more about GLAFIP, a European Regional Development Fund Project (ERDF) which aims to support agri-food businesses and their supply chains in the Greater Lincolnshire LEP area, in the innovation of products, processes, and services.

For more information on these programmes, contact us:

NCFM

Email: ncfm@lincoln.ac.uk

Website: www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/holbeach/services/

For information regarding this webinar, contact:

Janet Bellamy, Senior Lecturer in Food Operations and Supply Chain Management

Email: jbellamy@lincoln.ac.uk