Eye-Opening Solution for Robot Guidance from Radix Controls.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WINDSOR, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located directly south of Detroit and is separated from that city by the Detroit River. The city has views of the Detroit skyline. , Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003 A significant leap forward in the application of machine vision for robot guidance and for part location in 3-space has been achieved by Radix The base value in a numbering system. For example, in the decimal numbering system, the radix is 10. (mathematics) radix - The ratio, R, between the weights of adjacent digits in positional representation of numbers. Controls. The iOpenVision single camera 3-D robot guidance product enables significant opportunities for very cost effective & significant improvements in part handling and manufacturing processes. This product is designed to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems end-users, integrators & machine builders world wide to achieve 3D robot guidance. The integration of automated vision technology to guide industrial robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions has been hampered in the past by the need to utilize proprietary, multi-camera & expensive products to achieve three-dimensional guidance. Radix Controls has developed the software tools & algorithms to guide any industrial robot An industrial robot is officially defined by ISO[1] as an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes. in three dimensions with a single, off the shelf machine vision camera and with an unprecedented speed of calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors. & setup. The engineers & software developers from Radix Controls combined their extensive experience in the guidance of industrial robotics with automated vision systems and in the development of software for industrial applications to create this flexible, packaged solution for manufacturing. The benefits of the iOpenVision 3-D guidance product from Radix are: -- High levels of consistency & accuracy -- Cost effective & non-proprietary hardware -- Cost effective implementation (including rapid deployment and ease of maintainability) The iOpenVision single camera 3-D guidance solution from Radix Controls implements: -- Single "smart" camera, like the Cognex InSight 1000, which dramatically reduces the time for initial deployment, due to the flexibility & capability of the vision tools -- Standard lighting -- iOpenVision software developed for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. & standard PCs communicating over an Ethernet network or with serial communication; this software includes the image processing algorithms developed & tested by Radix -- Ease of installation & setup (a first time setup & calibration requires less than 1 hour) -- Time to calibrate To adjust or bring into balance. Scanners, CRTs and similar peripherals may require periodic adjustment. Unlike digital devices, the electronic components within these analog devices may change from their original specification. See color calibration and tweak. under 5 minutes -- Excellent customer service & extended support Radix Controls provides high quality, advanced technology solutions for manufacturers. Radix has provided vision-guided robotic solutions to manufacturers such as Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Nemak Canada since 1998. iOpenVision is a trademark of Radix Controls Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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