Posted to News on 14th May 2013, 13:42
Affordable robot vision: new turnkey package introduced
On its own, the Universal Robot from R. A. Rodriguez is claimed to be one of the most economical and flexible pieces of automation available on the market, and now its scope of application is even greater. Working in conjunction with vision specialists Image House, R. A. Rodriguez is now able to supply its flexible robot arm as an intelligent, vision-equipped automatic pick/place and quality assurance device.
Universal Robot with vision is a standard, off the shelf package from R. A. Rodriguez that comprises all the elements needed for the application - robotic arm, appropriate gripper, smart cameras and software. The cameras are manufactured by Cognex, a brand in the industrial automation market and a company with which Image House has a long and successful association.
If the vision robot is for simple pick and place tasks, the standard Cognex camera system is suitable. But for those applications where capturing image detail is important, bar code reading for example, a high-resolution Cognex alternative is also available. A software system developed by Image House allows the Universal Robot to be integrated with either of these camera packages.
Image House has been able to take full advantage of the user-friendly interfaces that are common to both the Universal Robot and Cognex vision system. The result is a fully integrated vision robot that is as easy to use as its respective components. In the same way as a basic Universal Robot it can be up in running within a matter of hours, so too can its vision-equipped counterpart.
To find out more about the vision-equipped Universal Robot from R.A. Rodriguez, please go to www.rarodriguez.co.uk.
