Sony Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-04 - Product Launch - MENOU launches robot-integrated MENOU-AiF inspection system - The system coordinates camera focus and cobot positioning to capture inspection views around three-dimensional components. MENOU-AiF integrates with Inspection AI MENOU and uses Sony camera technology and software interfaces. MENOU said… - source: prtimes.jp
• 2026-03-13 - Demonstration - Sierra Base demonstrates SIRIUS UAV with Gremsy Pixy LR - The mounted Pixy LR gimbal carried Sony LR1 imaging for detailed structural inspection. The configuration targeted bridge monitoring and mapping, including difficult access and weak-GPS environments. The companies planned subsequent operational deployment… - source: gremsy.com
• 2025-02-19 - Product Launch - e-con Systems launches See3CAM_37CUGM for robotic vision - The camera performs on-device quad-HDR processing with a stated dynamic range of 120 dB. Fast auto-exposure and gain control adapt frame capture as lighting conditions change. Target applications include pick-and-place robots, autonomous mobile robots and… - source: e-consystems.com
• 2024-12-12 - Capability - Gremsy adds FLIR thermal and Sony EO sensors to VIO F1 - The VIO F1 payload combines visible and radiometric thermal imaging. Gremsy identifies Teledyne FLIR Boson and Sony 4K Block Zoom sensors as incorporated inputs. - source: gremsy.com
• 2024-03-13 - Partnership - QYSEA and Sony develop underwater filming robot solution - The integration combines Sony camera control and FIFISH robot movement in one interface. The solution targets professional underwater filming workflows. - source: qysea.com
• 2021-01-12 - Product Launch - Sony unveils Airpeak drone for Alpha camera systems - Sony unveiled its Airpeak drone to the public on January 12, 2021. Sony described Airpeak as the world's smallest drone capable of carrying an Alpha camera system at the time. The launch positioned Sony in professional aerial imaging and drone production… - source: sony.com
• 2015-07-22 - Company Formation - Sony and ZMP launch Aerosense drone venture - The venture combined Sony sensing and imaging technology with ZMP automated-driving and robotics experience. Aerosense targeted enterprise measuring, surveying, observation and inspection services from 2016. - source: fastcompany.com