(Tordivel: Oslo, Norway) -- Tordivel AS is the innovative software company that specializes in industrial 2-D and 3-D machine vision. It develops, distributes and supports Scorpion Vision software globally through its own sales offices, distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and partners.

Scorpion Vision is an independent and open software tool for industrial vision. PC-based, rapid-application development tools like Scorpion for 2-D and 3-D machine vision produce better and more reliable applications. Scorpion Vision gives users the choice of a small-form embedded PC, a Sony SmartCam, or the power of a multicore PC. The system is founded on top of a standard Windows XP/Vista/7 PC platform.

Flexible robot systems require extremely robust guidance of picking position and product identification to be cost-effective, and the benefits of 3-D robot vision are obvious:
• Works in physical coordinates that are easy to verify against CAD drawings
• Object location does not degrade when the object position changes
• It is easier to detect when something is wrong, which is not always possible in 2-D machine vision systems
• 3-D robot vision systems are more accurate

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