Automated Fine Guidance Sensor alignment system

The goal was to automate the alignment of the Fine Guidance Sensor of a telescope. The final system aligned several telescopes mounted in an aluminum structure that is required to withstand space conditions (in a near vacuum and at -250°C). One of the goals for this system was to find the exact position of each […]
Real-time machine vision Optical Fiber inspection

The goal of the optical fiber inspection project is to detect defaults during manufacturing in order to mark it and not ship these out of specification fiber. The inspection is done using two cameras at 90 degrees apart. This application also detects concentricity errors (in percent) of the cladding and the coating of the optical […]