Matrox Imaging is collaboring with Denso Wave in the extension of direct robot communication support in Matrox Design Assistant machine vision software to Denso robots using the RC8 controller.
Matrox Design Assistant 4 is the first hardware-independent integrated development environment (IDE) that lets users easily create an application flowchart and HMI and take projects from concept to completion in record time, without the need for conventional programming. Flexible project deployment options include Matrox Iris GT smart cameras, Matrox 4Sight GPm industrial imaging computers and PCs with standard GigE Vision or USB3 Vision cameras.
The Matrox Design Assistant robot communication protocol is network socket-based whereby the robot program requests a connection, the vision system accepts the connection, the robot program asks the vision project to locate the next part and the vision system provides the part location to the robot program. Denso Wave created a “Provider Software” add-on to perform this communication on the RC8 robot controller.
Availability
Native communication between a Matrox Design Assistant project and a Denso robot requires Matrox Design Assistant 4 with Service Pack 1 available from Matrox and an RC8 controller with the appropriate COA Provider from Denso.
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