(SICK Inc: Minneapolis) -- SICK Inc., a leading manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, has launched the Inspector P30 positioning sensor. The Inspector P series offers a flexible method for part location and provides a precise positioning point of a known target. The sensor also adds functions for giving position information of irregularly shaped objects, known as “blob detection.”

The Inspector P-series’ part-positioning tool set provides a precise positioning point of a known target. The P30 reports the X, Y, and rotation angles of the taught part over TCP/IP Ethernet communication, or via four digital switching outputs. When working with known objects, the user can add in “grip regions” to verify that the part is unobstructed and can easily be picked by an automated picking system (robot).

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