How Robots See in 3D: Vision Cameras, vSLAM and ToF

Posted on November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 by IE Contributor

A robot vacuum that remembers your floor plan, a phone that measures a room, a warehouse robot that weaves around pallets: they lean on some mix of the same three building blocks. A computer vision camera sees the scene, visual SLAM (vSLAM) works out where the device is and builds a map, and a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor measures how far away everything is. This guide explains each one in detail, how they fit together, and where you'll find them today. 1. The computer vision camera: turning ...

OncoSec’s novel intratumoral therapies

Posted on September 14, 2015 by

OncoSec Medical Incorporated ("OncoSec") has designed "smart" catheter-based devices to perform minimally invasive intratumoral immunotherapy. The new catheter-based electrodes are designed to be compatible with standard medical instruments which can access deep visceral tumors and are capable of treating the tumor. These all-in-one devices have the ability to inject a DNA-based agent while deploying electrodes to perform electroporation in a single procedure. They have an adjustable ne...