Adept AdeptSight User Guide - Manual (Page 179)

AdeptSight Special Tools
AdeptSight Sequences
AdeptSight Sequences let you see the order and dependency of vision tools that will be
executed, and give V+ and MicroV+ a means for retrieving results from vision tools.
The AdeptSight Sequence is an object in the AdeptSight Workspace Explorer.
For more details, see AdeptSight Sequence on page 181.
Communication Tool
The Communication Tool is a tool for conveyor tracking applications. The purpose of the Com-
munication Tool is to provide instructions to the controller for handling parts that must be
picked or manipulated by a robot.
The Communication Tool processes the input instances, typically from an Overlap Tool, by
applying region-of-interest parameters. It acts as a filter:
l Instances that are passed by the tool are sent to the controller queue.
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Instances that are not output to the controller, because they are outside the region of
interest, or because the queue is full, are rejected. These instances are passed to the
next tool in the sequence.
For more details, see Communication Tool on page 183.
Overlap Tool
The purpose of the Overlap Tool is to make sure that parts moving on a conveyor belt are rec-
ognized only once.
Because a part found by an input tool may be present in multiple images acquired by the cam-
era, the Overlap Tool is needed to ensure that the robot is not instructed to pick up or process
the same part more than once.
For more details, see Overlap Tool on page 193.
Gripper Offset Tool
The Gripper Offset Tool defines where on the part a robot can pick up a part, giving the rela-
tionship between the pick point, the part model, and the robot flange center.
For more details, see Gripper Offset on page 197.
Related Topics
Communication Tool on page 183
Configuring Communication Tool Properties on page 189
AdeptSight Special Tools
AdeptSight User's Guide, Version 3.2.x, Updated: 8/23/2012
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