MVTEC HALCON
The Robo-lab in Italy is the first of its kind. It has been opened in Monza aiming to encourage young people to directly experience STEM subjects. In this collaborative robotics e-learning center, with access to some of the best technology products in the sector, including MVTec HALCON, the new generation can train their knowledge and application skills that are increasingly in demand in today’s market.
This project is carried out by Assolombarda, an association of companies operating in parts of North Italy. In collaboration with the Fondazione Brigatti, the Camerani and Pintaldi Foundation, the Politecnico di Milano university, and our partner iMAGE S, MVTec HALCON has been made available to young people in secondary schools for the first time.
The MVTec HALCON library has been chosen since it was previously used at Politecnico di Milano university. It includes many examples that are useful for teaching. That’s why we decided to also use it in the Robot Lab since 2020.
The Robot Lab allows students and professors of secondary schools to approach simple image processing tasks with HALCON as practical exercises for the first time. In 2021, 172 secondary students and teachers attended classes to learn machine vision with HALCON. The main technologies used are matching, blob analysis, and edge detection.
The main advantage of using the software HALCON and its library is the availability of a wide range of code samples and images from the manufacturing industry.
The chance to have MVTec on Campus licenses allows us to carry out all the main experiences of image processing typical of the industrial machine vision field in the lab. Without this option we would have required to use Open Source libraries that would have been definitely more difficult to use by the students.
Would you also like to benefit from MVTec on Campus? Find out more about the areas of application of HALCON for teaching and research purposes.
Published on: January 24, 2022
