IVS adds vision to universal ‘cobots’

Industrial Vision Systems (IVS) is now integrating its machine vision technology with the latest collaborative robots, known as ‘cobots’, from Universal Robots. IVS is pitching the vision-enabled UR3, UR5 and UR10 models, which are supplied in the UK by RA Rodriguez, at customer applications such as inspecting complex components.

The latest generation vision systems from IVS are based on high resolution digital camera technology combined with sub-pixel accuracy vision software.

IVS believes that, in the near future, inspection benches will include space for an operator and a robot to work in partnership as part of the quality control process. The company says that by offering ready-to-run inspection solutions utilising robots and vision in tandem, it is opening up a new era for real-time machine vision inspection.