June 24, 2003 /WINDSOR, Ontario, 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 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 end-users, integrators & machine builders world wide to achieve 3D robot guidance.

The integration of automated vision technology to guide industrial robotics 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 in three dimensions with a single, off the shelf machine vision camera and with an unprecedented speed of calibration & 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 & 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 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.