To gain production cost advantages, highvolume manufacturers rely on visionguided robotic systems for the precise identification, handling, packaging and placing of components. However, as the pace of manufacturing increases, these "pick-andplace" robots require faster, higher resolution cameras to accurately perform their assembly duties.

Establishing an optimal imaging platform for demanding pick-and-place applications, Toshiba Teli America, Inc now offers its CleverDragon CSC12M25BMP19, a CMOSbased machine vision camera boasting a proprietary and patented twelve-megapixel 1.9-inch CMOS monochrome progressive scan sensor. The new camera offers HXGA 4096 (H) x 3072 (V) pixel resolution at 25- frames-per-second (fps) full-frame speed. By combining high speed readout and ultra high resolution with sharp image quality, along with signal-to-noise ratio that is close to a traditional CCD, the camera provides the fine detail for more accurate X Y coordinate of parts and greater overall throughput. To obtain the same resolution of this 12MP camera, 49 qty VGA cameras would need to be used.

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