Do you know what machines dream of? To finally see the world in motion!

Svorad Štolc is the sensor division CTO at Photoneo. He is an expert in 3D Machine imaging, machine vision, artificial intelligence and parallel computing. In 2001 he gained a masters degree at Comenius University in Bratislava - Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics and he earned PhD. degree in 2009 jointly at Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and Technical University of Košice. For several years, he worked at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna, where he led a research group focused on computational photography and 3D sensing. During this time he published a number of internationally awarded scientific articles. At Photoneo, Svorad is responsible for research and development of the company's 3D sensing technology.

In the podcast we talk about innovation in 3d machine vision as well as:

Standard Structured Light - Spatial Multiplexing of Light

Parallel Structured Light - Temporal Multiplexing of Shutter

Photoneo has picked up some impressive hardware for their innovations including the VISION Award 2018, Vision Innovators Award Bronze 2018 and Platinum 2019, inVISION Top Innovation 2019 and 2021, as well as IEEE, IERA Award 2020.

Thanks to Michal and to Zuzana at Photoneo for putting this interview together.

If you are building a system and would like to get in touch with Photoneo you can find them at https://www.photoneo.com/

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