“The rapid spread of robot technology worldwide proves that vision guided robotic solutions are the key to higher productivity, better economics and higher product quality. Industrial vision technology provides a wide range of ABB robots with "eyes" to see where the part is located and accurately place them in precise positions at the same time performing extensive quality inspection.”

"Cognex tools were more robust for this application than the other vision tools we evaluated, and the powerful preprocessing filters helped us achieve the desired inspection results. The Cognex vision tools provided the most robust solution."

“We believe the potential application for PatMax technology throughout Ford to be enormous. Much of what Ford manufacturing plants do worldwide is insert and remove parts from containers. With the high cost of fixturing, and the inability to fixture such items as "as-cast" engine blocks, the ability to automatically locate and robotically grip un-fixtured parts may prove to be one of the most significant tools as manufacturing moves into the next century.”