Robust “Pick and Place” Solution
MVTec Software GmbH, Munich (Germany), and Convergent Information Technologies GmbH, Haid (Austria), showcase a solution for off–the–shelf pick and place applications at VISION 2012.
At the MVTec booth, Convergent IT and MVTec present how HALCON 11 and AutomAPPPS present a configurable system for robotic pick and place applications. The system is based onMVTec’s standardsoftware for machine vision HALCON 11 and thepath planning software AutomAPPPS by Convergent IT.
With the new development environment for AutomAPPPS-motion, new bin picking applications can be configured much faster. The user has the choice between different robot manufacturers, grippers, and gripping modes.HALCON supports multiple 2D and 3D sensors which allow to identify and to grab a large range of objects.
This solution dramatically increases the process stability. In addition, it reduces the cycle time considerably. These benefits are given because AutomAPPPS-motion also considers speed and acceleration ofthe robot axes in comparison to conventional motion planning.Moreover, several gripping options are simultaneously checked. Because of this, the gripping procedure is optimized and the planned moves are collision free for one or multiple robots in one working cell. Moreover, the check of different redundant ways of gripping in parallel increases the success of gripping without increasing the cycle time.HALCON 11’s more than 1800 machine vision operators allow a fast accommodation to different application environments and the extraction of information about objects to be gripped and environmental interferences.
This system is already available on the market.A live demo at VISION 2012 will showcase an industrial robot that identifies objects in arbitrary poses andsubsequently picks and places these objects.
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MVTec at VISION 2012: hall 1, booth 1D74
Please note: HALCON 11 press conference, Wednesday, Nov 07, 2012, 10 a.m. at the conference room of the VIP–Lounge (vis–à–vis “Pressezentrum”) Messe Stuttgart“, 1st floor, „Eingang Ost“ (entrance east)
About Convergent IT
Convergent IT, Haid (Austria), develops tools for automatic planning and programming of robots and processes. These are employed to accelerate the off–line programming of complex applications for 100% cleaning, polishing, inspection, coating processes, etc., or for an on–line self-programming of robots within a few seconds for complex implementation.
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About MVTec
MVTec is a leading manufacturer of standard software for machine vision. MVTec products are used in all demanding areas of imaging: Semi-conductor industry, web inspection, quality control and inspection applications in general, medicine, 3D vision, and surveillance. MVTec has more than 30 established distributors, located throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, and Asia (China, Japan, Korea, India et al.). In addition, MVTec, LLC works out of Boston, MA (USA), to better attend the North American market.
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