Centre for Innovative Manufacture and Machine Vision Systems (CIMMS)
Machine Vision.
The largest part of the CIMMS group is represented by the Machine Vision Laboratory (MVL).
Other aspects of CIMMS
The Centre provides a focus for fundamental and applied research aimed at developing state of the art technologies and systems that could be beneficially applied to various stages of the product life cycle and could also contribute to exciting research-led teaching. The Centre is engaged in a number of parallel but complementary lines of research including knowledge-based system development for manufacturing processes and for Concurrent Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Complex CAD modelling, Manufacturing Planning and Control and Automation & Mechatronics. Researchers in CIMMS have links with industry and other research centres within the UK and abroad. These include RMC, Schneider Electric, Surface Inspection, Petromodel-Iceland, D'Appolonia-Italy, AJF-Portugal, POMDO-Spain, IST-Lisbon, NUTA-Athens, North Karelia Polytechnic-Finland and the universities of Pittsburgh and Auburn in the USA. Grants have been attracted from the EPSRC, DTI, and the EU.
Contact CIMMS
Director
Prof. Melvyn Smith
Profile: Prof. Melvyn Smith
E-Mail: Melvyn.Smith@uwe.ac.uk
Co-Director
Dr Lyndon Smith
Profile: Dr Lyndon Smith
E-Mail: Lyndon.Smith@uwe.ac.uk
Bristol Institute of Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol BS16 1QY
