MAY 22--Cognex Corporation (Natick, MA; www.cognex.com) and Cognex Europe (headquartered at Rueil-Malmaison just outside Paris, France; www.cognex.net) have announced the signing of a partner agreement with Stäubli Robotics (Faverges, France; www.staublilrobotics.com), a supplier of robots of all sizes. This agreement aims to promote automated solutions equipped with vision systems using Cognex products.

Patrice Denizard, director of sales for Cognex in France, said, "This agreement formalizes years of casual cooperation and is an important step in our robotics strategy. It complements several initiatives taken in InSight product development, notably Patmax, a geometric pattern-matching software for location of form and form recognition, supported by the remote-head version of the InSight 5000 series, which is compatible with standard robotic cables and connections. This association with Stäubli will ensure our ability to develop in this rapidly expanding market of vision guided robots VGR."

Stäubli is a supplier of a complete product range of robotics, including small, medium, and large with six axes and weighing from 1 to 220 kg. These products include robots specialized in painting, molding, and cleanrooms as part of the standard range, as well as a range of robots guided by the same controlling CS8 platform.

Mon May 22 12:58:00 CDT 2006