Robo3DVision

Online Exhibition

2012-08-29T10:06:00.000+02:00

Since 2 years Robo3DVision has been present at Expo21XX.

Our booths:
Automation > Hall 21: Machine Vision and Image Proc. > Booth A1
Vision > Hall 18: Machine Vision Systems > Booth G4

Changes in company data

2012-06-01T14:52:00.003+02:00

Dear customers and partners,

Please note that starting from today some company data change.

EU VAT: PL 5891936466
Company name: AIC Sp. z o.o.

Mail problem SOLVED

2012-04-02T15:59:00.005+02:00

A few days after we detected some technical problems our mail server works fine.

All who sent an email to our official address in those days are kindly requested to resend it.

Thank you for your understanding and sorry for inconvenience

Robo3DVision team

2010 ==> 2011

2010-12-22T14:16:00.002+01:00

Dear Robo3DVision Friends, Partners and Customers

Let me summarize this passing year 2010 shortly and look ahead at the coming year 2011.

As all we know the global financial crisis has left great imprint also on global robotics. Luckily 2010 was a first year of the strong recovery. Automotive industry drives this industrial robot market recovery. This positive impact of automotive industry on robotics shall continue till 2013.

Other industries wake up too. And they show their need for automization and robotization (ufff, nice words) stronger and stronger. In these industries we see a great opportunity for new vision systems and for new approaches to robotized processes. But we should keep in mind the new concept of production here: short series, quick reprogramming, great flexibility. Well, new challenges, new chances, new approaches, new players.

The robot geography is going to change too. Most impulses come from Asia now, esp. China, South Korea and South-East Asia. These countries and regions should expect the greatest growth in robot installations in next 2 years. But looking in the longer perspective we should always see other very promising markets like India, Central-South America and Central-Eastern Europe. They are still not mature enough to impact the global robotics market, but if we look at their growth in percentages, they are as fast as China! I do really believe in them. Let's just wait a few years more and we shall see them in action.

After a number of successful installations of its Adaptive Vision System for tube-to-tubesheet welding in 2009, in January 2010 Robo3DVision has started a new project to develop Intelligent Vision System for manufacturing processes that enables full 3D-scanning and uses fuzzy logic and self-teaching mechanism. This is a longterm project, but at the end we expect to have a great and flexible system for many applications. In this passing year 2010 we were focused on this new project. Effects of this work have shown we should continue developing Intelligent Vision System in 2011 too.

In June 2010 Robo3DVision was the only polish company exhibiting at Automatica in Munich. Great event, great players, many potential customers and partners, many meetings and discussions, great atmosphere. This event showed clearly a great value of our Adaptive Vision System and opportunities to use it for applications that have never been robotized before. Great challenge and great chance.

We defined an ambitious target for the coming year:
- further development of Intelligent Vision System
- robotize some unrobotizable (new word???) applications
- new installations of Adaptive Vision System out of Poland

To meet this target our team must definetely grow. From January 2011 two new colleagues will strengthen Robo3DVision team, and we expect further growth later in 2011.

Robo3DVision team has decided to recharge its batteries so we are off during Christmas break. From January, 3rd we start with a new power to meet our ambitious target.

By this occasion I would like to thank you for our cooperation in 2010 and I hope to have yet closer relationships with you in 2011.

I wish you in a very traditional style

MARY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR

Changes in contact data

2010-08-06T16:42:00.001+02:00

Please mind the changes in our contact data.

Automatica 2010

2010-04-17T22:00:00.000+02:00

4th International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics in Munich will be a great opportunity to experience innovation and solutions live.

Visit us in hall B2 109 to see our Adaptive Vision System in action. Our robots will show both AVS1 and AVS2 in various applications like tube-to-tubesheet laser welding, assembly or inspection.

See you in Munich

Results of performance tests of Mitsubishi robots - continued

2010-01-07T14:12:00.000+01:00

We've just received final results of robot performance tests from Mitsubishi.
Predictions about SQ controller have come to pass. It is a bit slower than the new SD controller, however it is much faster than the old CR2-500.

Test results in details:

Test case	Processing time [ms]
Test case	CR2-500	SD	SQ
Empty IF instruction	2.915	0.311	0.458
Empty jump instruction	3.129	0.311	0.511
Empty FOR instruction	3.270	0.324	0.524
Add two numbers	4.054	0.462	0.729
Read a decimal number	2.347	0.218	0.382
Read a decimal POSE	30.009	3.436	5.716
Read a hexadecimal POSE	44.729	4.791	7.987
Call a program	54.188	21.017	20.871
Go to subroutine	1.422	0.119	0.240
Write current POSE to a string	9.316	0.738	1.351
Send a string to PC	1.920	0.351	0.280
Switch priority (same thread)	0.996	0.057	0.129
Switch priority (another thread)	n/a	0.057	0.160

Results of performance tests of Mitsubishi robots

2009-11-25T14:44:00.001+01:00

As reported in our last post, we faced some performance problems when running scripts on Mitsubishi robots. In this post we would like to share results of these tests.

According to test results received from Mitsubishi Electric a new CR3D controller (used with new sD robots) is 10x faster in processing a simple for-loop than the old one.

It sounds very promising!

We have to wait a bit longer for SQ tests, since they will be run in Germany or in Japan, but according to one document, we should assume better performance comparing to the old robot controllers, but not as good as in the new CR3D controller.

Anyway these are good news from Mitsubishi Electric.

Performance tests of Mitsubishi robots

2009-11-18T10:10:00.000+01:00

During our last session with a Mitsubishi robot (see the blog entry) we faced major performance problems when executing a simple program with loops and other basic commands.

A local distributor of Mitsubishi robots is now testing this issue on new controllers (sD and sQ series) and we are really curious about the test results.

Adaptive Vision System and a Mitsubishi robot

2009-09-10T00:28:00.000+02:00

We are continuing to test various robot brands with Adaptive Vision System.

Thanks to MPL Technology we have had a chance to test a Mitsubishi robot for over a month. Hopefully Mitsubishi will join the Adaptive Vision System's robot lineup.

Let's wait for a final test report.

Stay tuned

After the Robots, Vision & Motion Control show

2009-07-03T15:24:00.000+02:00

Three weeks ago we visited Robots, Vision & Motion Control Show in Chicago.

Frankly speaking we expected more from North America’s largest event dedicated to robotics. Comparing to Automatica 2008 in Munich (Germany), this tradeshow was much smaller. We saw mainly vision hardware, but no real robot vision systems.

Definitely the global financial crisis had great influence on the show. Some exhibitors didn't come, others didn't finish their installments, yet others shown their robots in a truck ...

We shall see how the crisis influences Automatica 2010 where we are going to exhibit.

Anyway if we decide to show our robot vision systems in US, we know what to expect.

1st Robo3DVision Tricity Robot Contest

2009-05-12T10:46:00.000+02:00

1st Robo3DVision Tricity Robot Contest will be held on May 29, 2009 at the Gdansk University of Technology (new building of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics ETI). Pupils and students from around Poland will compete in 3 categories: Minisumo, Freestyle and Robodance.

Robo3DVision is title sponsor of this event. We want to support education and help young people develop their passion in robotics.

More info (in polish) here.

I Trójmiejski Turniej Robotów Robo3DVision

2009-05-12T10:37:00.001+02:00

29 maja 2009 w nowym budynku Wydziału Elektroniki, Telekomunikacji i Informatyki Politechniki Gdańskiej odbędzie się I Trójmiejski Turniej Robotów Robo3DVision. Uczniowie i studenci z całej Polski będą rywalizować w kategoriach Minisumo, Freestyle i Robodance.

Robo3DVision jest sponsorem tytularnym tego turnieju. Chcemy wspierać edukację i pomagać młodym ludziom rozwijać swoje pasje.

Więcej informacji na stronie Koła Naukowego SKALP.

Tests with a Panasonic robot

2009-03-30T10:01:00.000+02:00

As you know from previous posts ABB and Kawasaki robots can be used with Adaptive Vision System of Robo3DVision.

Now it's time to share the test results for a Panasonic robot.

Frankly speaking it was a tough task. We had to overcome so many obstacles, but finally we did it. We implemented a simple test application on a PC where we can define tool POSEs, that are sent to the robot. On the robot's side we implemented a program to receive, understand and run simple commands.

Although we've made a big step on the way to run Adaptive Vision System with Panasonic robots, there is still plenty to do before we can say we're done. A lot of research and tests still to be done.

Look at the short video showing a Panasonic robot controlled by a PC (and have in mind POSEs are not predefined on the robot's side; they are defined in our test application on the PC).

Tests with a Kawasaki robot

2009-03-20T09:41:00.000+01:00

We had a chance to test a Kawasaki robot for a few weeks (see the post) and we are quite happy with the results. We were able to control the robot from a PC and we know how to integrate it into our Adaptive Vision System.

So there is green light for Kawasaki robots to be used with Adaptive Vision System.

Adaptive Vision System and a Panasonic robot

2009-02-17T11:28:00.000+01:00

We have a new team mate in our labroom for next 4-5 weeks. It is a brand new Panasonic robot that arrived a few days ago. Technika Spawalnicza, a Panasonic distributor and integrator for Poland has lent it to us and now we have some time to test it. Our goal is to try to control the robot from a PC. Our first impression is the robot is really cute, but to control it from outside is not as easy as with ABB or Kawasaki.

In a few weeks we should report more details on what we have achieved.

Adaptive Vision System and a Kawasaki robot

2009-02-05T14:57:00.000+01:00

Since the beginning the Adaptive Vision System has been designed to control any industrial robot independently of a brand: ABB, KUKA, FANUC, Motoman, Panasonic just to name a few. A natural first choice was ABB, as our company has been using their robots for years.

Since Adaptive Vision System is able to control ABB robots now (we have made extensive tests on six models and have installed Adaptive Vision System with ABB robots in many production cells) it seems to be a very good time for trying to run Adaptive Vision System with other robots.

We have just started tests with Kawasaki robot borrowed from Astor (a local integrator for Kawasaki). We hope to have good results very soon.

And next brands are waiting at the door...

Stay tuned

Robots, Vision & Motion Control

2009-01-29T16:16:00.000+01:00

The most important event for Robo3DVision this year is the International Robots, Vision & Motion Control Show which takes place June 9-11, 2009 in Chicago. Our visit there will be a first step in preparations to show our Adaptive Vision System to America during the show in 2011.