National Instruments and Denso Robotics announced their collaboration to integrate NI measurement and vision technology with Denso robotic arms.The collaboration increases productivity and performance in automated test, research and flexible manufacturing applications. A new LabView library of graphical functions makes it possible for engineers and scientists to address both concerns by integrating all aspects of a robotics system within a single NI LabView application without the need for complex robotics programming expertise.

The new ImagingLab Robotics Library for Denso, from NI Alliance Partner ImagingLab, communicates directly with Denso controllers to command and control robotic arms through LabView software. The new library is an easy-to-use collection of graphical functions that provide the ability to use a single software environment to control and integrate every aspect of a machine, ranging from part handling and robot control to advanced measurements and machine vision.

The ImagingLab Robotics Library works with LabView Real-Time systems, which combines graphical programming with the power of a real-time operating system, allowing engineers and scientists to build real-time applications. The library also works with NI Smart Cameras for integrated vision-guided robotics and NI data acquisition hardware for the measurement of both simple and highly sophisticated applications.