Epson Introduces Easy-to-Use Vision System for Industrial Robots

– A simple system enabling users to set up flexible robot equipment for multi-product manufacturing

• Connecting the robot controller is easy. (Simply hook up the smart camera^*1 to the Ethernet connector.)
• Coordinating between the robot and the camera is simple. (Comes equipped with a vision calibration wizard.)
• Allows for a high degree of freedom in equipment layout. (An easy-to-use, compact, and lightweight camera is included for robot arm installation.)
• Allows for high-speed and high-precision measurement of position and rotation angle, as well as strong geometric/correlation pattern matching regardless of light source fluctuations.
• Significantly reduces the amount of time required to set up equipment by establishing an integrated development environment^*2 with robots.
• Even first-time users can easily set up a compact robot vision system with superior cost performance by using this option in combination with the RC170 controller^*3.

• The use of a smart camera eliminates the need for a computer for image processing and provides enhanced reliability.
• Since Epson offers the choice of a compact fixed robot arm camera unit for attaching to the robot arm or an external camera unit, customers can select the camera that is most suitable for their equipment layouts.
• Standard support of geometrical/correlation pattern matching allows users to carry out high-speed, high-precision position/rotation tracking for work involving complicated configurations.

• This product is offered either with an external camera (A) or a fixed robot arm camera (B). A 5 m flexible cable is included as standard equipment with the fixed robot arm camera.
• Up to four cameras can be connected to one controller. In addition, two RC170 units can share the use of one camera.