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A growing number of manufacturers of robots that make up a vision system in its range of standard products

Drafting MU15/01/2008

With camera integrated in robotics

When it opens its doors automatic, 3rd International Trade Fair for Automation: Assembly – Robotics – Vision, from 10 to 13 June 2008, will again shine technically "visionaries". But this sector, so used to success, is not resting on its laurels: its representatives know to maintain a balance between a high degree of standardization and the added value for the customer in all sectors.

"If it has be image processing, be highly integrated". This is the premise of an increasing number of manufacturers. For many installations that are subsequently equipped with image processing, the market requires systems that can be easily installed. Not only is the camera and lighting, but also the integration of other hardware and software components. What users want is to concentrate on his real work, i.e., applied image processing in such a way that will get a profit, to increase the productivity and efficiency. But this certainly is not that the user have to do battle with complex strategies of wiring.

"If it has be image processing, be highly integrated". This is the premise of an increasing number of manufacturers

So are perfectly understandable the market figures presented by the Robotics and automation Association. Dr. Norbert Stein, President of the aforementioned Association within the VDMA and partner Manager of Vitronic Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme, Wiesbaden, focuses on the evolution of the market: "the German manufacturers are recording the highest rates of growth, a 45 per cent, with configurable systems"", that is to say, the standard systems of multiple applications." Otherwise, application-specific systems are experiencing a slight decline. And it goes on to say that this figure shows that every time the configurable systems are most interesting. According to his opinion, the increase of market shares has three reasons: higher performance, universal application and lower prices.

"The German manufacturers are recording the highest rates of growth, a 45 per cent, with configurable systems, i.e., the standard systems of multiple applications"

Until that becomes a "balance" of the current developments in Automatica 2008, this trend will be even more pronounced. The increasingly easy to use and standardization of interfaces accelerate the integration.

The number of manufacturers of robots that make up a vision system in its range of standard products is growing. Once Fanuc Robotics and Adept incorporated a already for years in its agenda own vision system, Denso, Epson and Toshiba have now submitted configurations with own systems, with the brand or the platforms for the integration of the universal platform ORiN developed in Japan. Experts in the sector are discussing about endless fields of application. Like the art RFID is conquering the market as variable identification technique, it is perfectly conceivable to use economic isark as decentralized systems, whether for the identification, for the quality control or monitoring of the processes.

Today is a clear trend towards the developments close to the application, you are still on the rise whilst rates of growth in the past years were exponential. According to a survey of the Association, companies organized in it can expect this year a growth of six percent. The last year, the processors of images had experienced an increase in sales of 9%, reaching a total of 1.1 billion euros. It is expected to continue the boom, in view of current economic developments.

'Blind robots' and the 'manipulative sensitive', popular topics presented in Mechatronics forums, have become Meanwhile in reality, at least ambitious projects, as it could be seen in the last edition of Automatica 2006. In the next call of the leading trade fair Munich, this theme will play without doubt a leading role in the range of products of German and foreign exhibitors. The technique of vision can see at many stands and not only of the processors of images. Because the "cross", the usual term in the auto market, can also be applied perfectly in the proce-sa-lie image. For users is therefore of the utmost importance, have an idea concrete supply.