Vision-guided Robot Applications

Easily integrate vision systems into your flexible automation solution with ArtiMinds RPS +Vision. Vision systems allow to identify, localize or sort parts as well as inspect the quality of your product. Solve challenging robot tasks which require high process reliability, flexibility or quality. Vision systems are an integral part of countless automation solutions. They enable the compensation of large process tolerances e.g. when picking up from conveyor belts, when determining variants or during quality assurance. Today, smart image processing software enables users to solve demanding recognition tasks without special knowledge. With ArtiMinds RPS +Vision, you can add vision systems and sensors to your robot applications without having to write a single line of robot code. Functions such as executing several image processing tasks, error handling and checking, converting and temporarily storing results are available to you without any programming effort. There is also the option of using the image processing results in your robot program and linking them to other tasks. You can e.g. move a workpiece carrier by the camera or centre the robot on a component with the camera.

The most important functionalities at a glance:

Broad support of vision systems

ArtiMinds RPS +Vision offers a broad support of vision systems. Choose from easy-to-use smart cameras as well as advanced vision controllers from manufacturers like Cognex, Keyence, SICK or SensoPart. If you require support for specific components, just write a short request to contact@artiminds.com.

Easy setup with robot configurator

Quickly select your vision system and set up your robot with the robot configurator. ArtiMinds RPS +Vision supports wrist-mounted as well as stationary vision systems. Use helper tools to run a specific vision detection job, inspect its results and verify the correct operation.

+Vision templates

ArtiMinds RPS +Vision offers a broad set of templates to solve robot tasks requiring to react to vision detection results. Each template provides wizards to specify detection jobs, sanity checks and result modifications like scaling, offsets and matrix transformations. Templates like Center Detection make it easy to center the robot on a visually-detected feature like a screw. Low-level templates like Point Condition allow to check if the vision detection result is in a specific range.

Automatic robot code generation

ArtiMinds RPS +Vision automatically generates robot code to communicate with the vision system, trigger detection jobs as well as check, modify and buffer the latest detection results – greatly simplifying setup and integration.

Live sensor data

New channels for the live sensor data include the latest vision detection result. Easily inspect the results over time to figure out optimization potential. Export the sensor data to a .csv file to document your results. Discover ArtiMinds LAR for more options.