ABB Integrated Vision provide a platform for creating vision-oriented tasks, with high resolution, connectivity and operator interface.
ABB Integrated Vision provide a platform for creating vision-oriented tasks, with high resolution, connectivity and operator interface.
ABB Integrated Vision provide a platform for creating vision-oriented tasks, with high resolution, connectivity and operator interface.
ABB Integrated Vision provide a platform for creating vision-oriented tasks, with high resolution, connectivity and operator interface.
ABB Integrated Vision provide a platform for creating vision-oriented tasks, with high resolution, connectivity and operator interface.

Vision-Guided Robotics

Feb. 17, 2014
Cognex vision tech PC-based programming Easy to set up, deploy, and maintain

ABB ROBOTICS introduced Integrated Vision, a powerful smart camera system that makes vision-guided robotics applications faster and easier to deploy. Using 2D vision guidance, ABB Integrated Vision allows manufacturers to track products more accurately, improve supply chain management, improve quality, troubleshoot challenging lines and processes, and significantly expand their use of robotic automation.

“Besides improving quality and flexibility, ABB Integrated Vision optimizes production quality, and maximizes inspection and control by giving robots the power to see,” stated ABB product manager Klas Bengtsson. “Companies that effectively utilize vision-guided robotic systems can increase throughput and lower production costs, improve product quality and reduce rework and waste.”

ABB Integrated Vision, powered by Cognex, features sophisticated imaging technologies such as the patented PatMax® algorithm for advanced part location. The result is robust inspection, defect detection, guidance, alignment, and measurement, all critical to ensuring that manufactured products meet the highest possible quality standards.

The new technology also is easy to setup, deploy, and maintain. RobotStudio, ABB’s PC-based programming tool, provides the platform for creating vision tasks quickly and easily. Operators can select features, set parameters and operate under real world conditions from a library of common vision applications. The smart camera offers the widest range of built-in communication protocols that interface directly with the robot, helping complete programming and set-up in approximately 25% of the traditional time.

“The new vision system is seamlessly integrated with both the ABB IRC5 controller and RobotStudio, providing run-time efficiency, offline engineering, and ease-of-use,” said Dr. Srinivas Nidamarthi, global technology manager, stationed at ABB Robotics North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI.  “Operators simply plug the camera into the robot controller and they are ready to go.”

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