VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 20, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Braintech Inc. (OTCBB:BRHI), a leading provider of vision guided robotic, ("VGR") software solutions, announced today that it has received two additional orders for eVisionFactory(tm), ("eVF(tm)") built VGR solutions from global industrial giant, ABB Inc. eVF solutions are an exclusive and integral part of ABB's Trueview(tm) brand of vision enabled robots specifically designed for its automotive customers.
These two orders are an extension of an original 16-unit order for a major North American automaker's body shop first announced in March 2005. These Trueview systems will utilize Braintech's Xi2D(tm) technology to accurately locate the car body for assembly of the roof panel and lift gate. The Xi2D technology provides the latest in geometric pattern matching techniques, along with high resolution cameras to achieve a super-fine degree of precision required by these applications.
"The Xi2D vision technology is a good example of eVF's tremendous power and flexibility. Having access to a family of vision technologies such as single camera (SC3D(tm)), stereo (DD3D(tm)), multi camera (MC3D(tm)), and 2D location & inspection (Xi2D(tm)), enables our partner ABB to provide many different types of Trueview systems, while maintaining a common platform and interface," stated Babak Habibi, President and COO of Braintech Inc.
Commenting, Owen Jones, CEO of Braintech said: "eVF allows for plug-and-play utilization of a host of vision technologies. Whether for 2D-inspection, 2.5D-location or 3D-guidance, eVF as a software platform provides a scalable standard with regard to part training, operation and support. This is of paramount importance when customers install several different types of cells. Jones further states, "Competitor offerings, based on custom coded solutions unique to each application are no longer cost competitive."
Jerry Osborn, Vice President, General Manager, ABB Robot Automation stated, "Expanding to 18 TrueView systems in a single automotive body shop offers great insight into the significant market opportunity before us. The TrueView VGR system, with eVF as its "eyes", is designed to meet these types of volumes in plants all over the world."
About Braintech
Braintech Inc. designs, develops and deploys Vision Guided Robotic (VGR) software and guidance technologies that enable intelligent, adaptive robotic processes. eVisionFactory(tm) (eVF) is Braintech's proprietary software platform that enables VGR applications by integrating and coordinating the required hardware components: robots, robot controllers, end effectors, guidance systems and calibration devices. For more information, visit www.braintech.com.
About ABB
ABB's Robotic, Automotive and Manufacturing group is a leading supplier of robots, robotic systems and automation systems to the automotive, manufacturing and consumer industries. With more than 130,000 robots installed worldwide and more than 5,000 employees, ABB is a global leader in flexible factory automation.
This group is part of ABB Ltd. (www.abb.com) who is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 102,000 people. The company's U.S. operations employ about 9,000 in manufacturing and other facilities in 40 states.
eVisionFactory, eVF, SC3D, Xi2D, DD3D, SR3D are trademarks of Braintech, inc. and its subsidiaries.
Trueview is a trademark of ABB Inc. and its subsidiaries.
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