Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Vivotek - The Eyes of Mobile Robots

Based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, mobile robot development company, Dr Robot Inc., was looking for a high performance resolution wireless (802.11g) IP camera for its new series of mobile robots, i90.




VIVOTEK cameras were tested along with other suppliers from Japan and Europe. There are a few key requirement: the remote monitoring task normally requires robot and camera to operate under low illumination in some circumstance and capable of bringing the target close by optical zoom without alerting the subject; the camera has to be reliable and capable of operating on a constantly moving robot; integration to high level AI software should be flexible.

VIVOTEK PTZ camera was finally picked for integration with the i90 robot for its functions including smooth pan tilt operation, plus the 10x optical zoom, two-way audio, low light operation mode, and excellent image quality with reasonable cost.



A variety of mobile robots were then developed based on i90 platforms, and all equipped with VIVOTEK PTZ cameras as a standard feature.




i90 robots are deployed for various application including nuclear facilities, advance automotive engineering labs and university research facilities.

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