Adept Technology Introduces Six Axis Robot; AdeptSix 300 Extends Product Line to Offer a Complete Range of Mechanisms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HANNOVER Hannover. For places in Germany thus named, use Hanover. Hannover English Hanover City (pop., 2002 est.: city, 516,415; metro. , Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Factory Automation Tradeshow Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , fiber optic and semiconductor industries, today introduced its new 6 axis robot, the AdeptSix 300, at the Factory Automation Tradeshow which opens today in Hannover, Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). . The AdeptSix 300 robots will be targeted for assembly and material handling tasks and will be available for preview at Adept's booth (Hall 17 F45) for the duration of the show. "With the addition of the AdeptSix 300, Adept is in the unique position to offer customers a complete range of mechanisms, all from one company, on one control platform and with one global service organization," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "From linear modules and cartesian robots to SCARAs and now six axis robots, we offer customers the ability to leverage their expertise with our extensive product line." The AdeptSix 300 has a 3 kg payload (1) Refers to the "actual data" in a packet or file minus all headers attached for transport and minus all descriptive meta-data. In a network packet, headers are appended to the payload for transport and then discarded at their destination. and 677mm reach. Clean room and other packaging options will also be available. The standard controller for the new robot will be the Adept MV540 controller, with an optional MV1060 controller available. Most standard Adept controller options will be available for the AdeptSix 300 robot, including AdeptVision AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. for vision guidance, additional input/output modules, and external motion control. Industry standard software options including AdeptWindows PC, AIM application packages and advanced V+ programming language functions also available. Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods durable goods Goods, such as appliances and automobiles, that have a useful life over a number of periods. Firms that produce durable goods are often subject to wide fluctuations in sales and profits. Also called consumer durables. industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications. Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. , configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. . Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com. Note to Editors: The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept and AdeptSix are trademarks of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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