PowerInspect has included collision detection for many years to warn users of the potential for collision between the probe and the item being inspected. Until now, the user then had to make the required changes to the probe path to avoid the collision.
With PowerInspect 2015, the software adjusts the probe path automatically, if a direct move between inspection features could produce a collision. The software will calculate a new motion path that avoids the obstacle, typically by moving up and over the obstruction, or around it.
Collision avoidance is carried out when the initial probe path is generated, when the sequence of measurements is re-ordered, and when features are added or removed.
