Camera systems

[Robo Guru]

Just wondering what camera systems everyone has used!  advantages/disadvanges of them too!

[TygerDawg]

I learned all my vision skills eons ago, manually programming the Adept Technology V+ vision system software and hardware.  While it was state of the art at the time, we don't want to return to those days.  The latest technology is to apply the vision tools (line finder, edge finder, arc finder, etc etc etc) with a graphical point-click-drag type of interface.  All good, wish it was like that years ago.

I have previous experience with Keyence vision system.
Small, lightweight, compact, reasonably powerful and fast.  Good support from Keyence, I thought.  Software package was "pretty good".  Keyence is Japanese, and it seems to be the Japanese culture & style to miniaturize their components, software, and manuals.  Most times this is a good thing.  Many times their controllers are designed to be programmable with software or through a control panel interface or remote pendant.  Imagine squeezing programming functionality into the mechanical actions and multiple button sequences of a Xbox360 game pendant interface.  Similar.

Have recently been exposed to Cognex.  By no means am I expert, have only seen it.  Appears to have graphical point-click-drag utility.  But also the sequence programming is done in an MS-Excel-looking spreadsheet format.  Appears to be very networkable and open system.  Programming software is free from their website, along with many many application examples.  A very nice business model:   make the product easy to learn, easy to use.  What a radical concept.

[Minimann]

Hi,

I also used Cognex Systems the 5000 series also as the in-Sight series. In my opinion Cognex is very good stuff but expensive too.
You have too options to create a job, one of them is the easy builder. As its name is, its easy to use, you have complete units of a vision job which you can built togehter as bricks from a wall.
As TygerDawg said its a pretty open system which is also programmable with the "spreadsheet" which is very similar to excel. But to use this you have to be very skilled to create a job.

Regards from Germany Minimann

[Robo Guru]

Thanks for the input!  I've used Cognex before it is just very expensive....

[Minimann]

 

Yes your right... but its good stuff Now we have a testsystem from Omron and Keyence I'll inform you if I know more about these systems

Regards Minimann

[Guilherme Thiago]

Hello,


I use Cognex amoung two years and in my point of view it's the best vision system in the market because it's very flexible (communication  through DeviceNet, Profibus, Ethernet, etc..). With Cognex you can Load different Jobs, import and export elements (patterns, prodution datas) and have a lot of tools of analysis.

[rkirkwood]

Has anyone seen the new Motoman pendant interface to the Cognex In-Sight? They are able calibrate the the system, teach a simple part, and display the image from the camera all on the pendant of the robot. Setting up filters and applying other vision tools is still handled from the Cognex software.

[Lerak]

You could do the same with Fanuc robots.

[fanucrobot_Dr]

Cognex and PPT for a higher end 'smart' camera

I like and have had great success with Banner cameras for a mid to lower price camera. It has nice software, such as bead detect, works great for detecting sealant in the correct place on fenders, doors etc. And they may they make vision lighting products.
I personally don't care for Keyence, its cheap but you get what you pay for!!!

[h.esk60]

hi
i was in automatica fair in munich i saw this brand for"VGR"
you can find those:"MATROX"."SICK"
They are cheeper than cognex
thank you