(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. announces 3D-Locate, a library of 3-D vision software tools that expands application possibilities in vision-guided robotics, assembly, and inspection. 

Cognex 3D-Locate delivers accurate, real-time, 3-D position information that enables automation equipment to work with a wider variety of parts, including items that are stacked or tilted. Using 3D-Locate can improve vision performance for challenging applications such as logistics, robot-guided depalletizing, and precision assembly, and it can eliminate the need for expensive mechanical fixtures or measurement devices. Cognex 3D-Locate can also be used in combination with Cognex code reading, gauging, and inspection tools.

Robust 3-D location

Cognex 3D-Locate uses multiple sets of 2-D features found by Cognex’s geometric pattern matching tool, PatMax, to determine an object’s precise 3-D orientation. PatMax tolerates nonuniform lighting and remains reliable even when patterns are partly covered, ensuring accurate part location even in the most challenging settings and conditions. Cognex 3D-Locate can also use input from other Cognex location tools such as SearchMax and PatFlex to help determine part orientation. 

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