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EPSON
Robots Announces North American Robot Giveaway EPSON Robots Announces New Low Cost High Performance
Controller EPSON Expands 6 Axis Robot Line EPSON Robots Recognized as Technology and Market
Leader EPSON
Robots Sales Increase 165% EPSON
Robots Releases UL Listed 6-Axis Robots EPSON Robots Wins Machine Vision Award EPSON Robots Celebrates 20th Anniversary EPSON Robots Launches EZ
Modules UL
Listed EPSON Robots New
EPSON Cleanroom/ESD Robots EPSON Robots Introduces New Space Saving
PC Based Controller EPSON Robots Debuts New High Speed
Robots EPSON Rolls Out Conveyor Tracking EPSON Unveils Geometric Search Tool for Vision Guide
EPSON Releases Microsoft Windows 2000
Based Robot Programming Software
Carson, CA. --- September 5, 2006 -
EPSON Robots, the global leader in PC controlled, precision robots announced
today the North American Robot Giveaway program. To celebrate the introduction
of our new low cost, high performance EPSON Micro PowerDriveTM controller,
EPSON Robots will be giving away one (1) free Micro PowerDrive controller with
one of our high performance E2 SCARA robots in the first ever North American
Robot Giveaway.
"North American Manufacturers are working hard to keep
jobs in North America by improving and automating their factories" stated
Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. "EPSON Robots is helping
manufacturers compete in a tough global marketplace with our powerful controls,
easy to use EPSON RC+ software, and popular SCARA, 6-axis and modules products
along with our many integrated options such as Vision Guide, Active X and .NET
software components, and more. But now, for the first time ever, EPSON Robots
is going one step further to help one North American Manufacturer by giving
them a free industrial robot to help them compete."
The new EPSON Micro
PowerDrive gives users high performance robots at lower costs. We call it First
Class Performance at a Coach Price," stated Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON
Robots. "The North American Robot Giveaway program will give one lucky
manufacturer First Class Performance for FREE!"
The North American
Robot Giveaway is open to all manufacturers in the US and Canada (except
Quebec). For more information, call +1.562.290.5910 or go to
www.robots.epson.com/freerobot.htm?giveaway
EPSON Robots is the global
leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of
over 18,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use
SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a
21 year heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and
material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive,
biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device,
pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More
information can be found on the company's website at www.robots.epson.com , or
contact us directly at EPSON Robots, 18300 Central Avenue, Carson, CA 90746
USA.
Carson, CA. --- May 15, 2006 - EPSON
Robots, the global leader in PC controlled, precision robots introduced today
the EPSON Micro PowerDriveTM, a new low cost, high performance controls
platform that provides the ultimate experience in ease of use, compact size,
and reliability at incredible new value based prices. The EPSON Micro
PowerDrive creates a new class of robot controls products by combining high
performance with low price.
"The new EPSON Micro PowerDrive gives users
high performance robots at lower costs. We call it First Class Performance at a
Coach Price," stated Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. "The Micro
PowerDrive controller with EPSON SCARA and Pro Six robots is tearing down
barriers to applications that may have been cost prohibitive in the past. By
providing users with high performance robots at value prices, more automation
opportunities for new applications and new industries will be
created."
At the heart of the Micro PowerDrive is the new EPSON
PowerDriveTM servo technology that provides superior path control, incredibly
fast accel/decel times, and tremendous overall motion capabilities all in an
ultra compact form factor. As the industry's smallest 6-axis robot controller,
the Micro PowerDrive, at 1/4 the size of previous EPSON controllers, can even
be mounted inside a standard cabinet panel (next to a PLC) saving valuable
factory floor space.
The Micro PowerDrive is available with all EPSON E2
SCARA and Pro Six 6-axis robots and includes an enhanced new version of the
popular EPSON RC+ development environment. With powerful features such as 16
task multitasking, the full featured SPEL+ programming language, project
management, source level debugging with EPSON SmartSenseTM technology and more,
the Micro PowerDrive with EPSON RC+ helps reduce development time thus allowing
developers to build automation systems faster and easier.
For more
information, call +1.562.290.5910 or go to
www.robots.epson.com/micropowerdrive.htm
EPSON Robots is the global
leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of
over 18,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use
SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a
21 year heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and
material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive,
biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device,
pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More
information can be found on the company's website at www.robots.epson.com , or
contact us directly at EPSON Robots, 18300 Central Avenue, Carson, CA 90746
USA.
Carson, CA. --- August 25, 2005 ---
EPSON Robots, the global leader in PC controlled precision robotic automation,
today announced the expansion of its Pro Six robot line. These new Pro Six
robots offer users faster speeds, heavier payloads, longer reaches and IP65
Rated protection. Pro Six robots are designed for small parts assembly,
dispensing, lab automation, machine tending, material handling, medical device
manufacturing, packaging, food handling and many other applications requiring
speed, precision and smooth motion.
"The release of these new Pro Six
robots continues Epson's 20+ year history of responding to customer requests.
After last year's successful introduction of our first Pro Six robot, customers
told us that they really loved our programming software and that they had other
6-axis robot applications with shorter cycle times, heavier payloads, longer
reaches and hazardous work environments," said Michael Ferrara, Director of
EPSON Robots. "These new Pro Six models give them what they want; more 6-axis
robots that come standard with our powerful yet easy to use EPSON RC+ software.
The expanded Pro Six robot line, in combination with our SCARA and Cartesian
robots, gives users the ability to select the right machine for their specific
application need." Ferrara concluded, "For example, those customers needing
faster cycle times will be extremely pleased with our new Pro Six PS5 robot
which is the fastest 6-Axis robot in its class."
EPSON Robots is the
global leader in PC controlled precision factory automation, with an installed
base of over 18,000 robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to
use SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building
on a 21 year heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision
assembly and material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance,
automotive, biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing,
medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication
industries. More information can be found on the company's website at
www.robots.epson.com , or contact us directly at EPSON Robots, 18300 Central
Avenue, Carson, CA 90746 USA.
Carson, CA. --- May 1, 2005 --- EPSON
Robots announced today that it received the prestigious 2005 Technology and
Market Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan. The award recognizes EPSON's
pioneering role in the development of powerful, easy to use PC based
controllers for robotics. Frost and Sullivan market researchers stated "EPSON
has a culture that is clearly focused on continuing to make the best products
for the industry" and "EPSON has a customer focused approach to provide cost
effective, value based solutions."
"Winning the Frost & Sullivan
Technology and Market Leadership Award is a tremendous honor," said Michael
Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. "It's an acknowledgement of EPSON's
leadership in the area of PC based controls for Robots that started back in the
early 1990's. Our "Ease of Use" initiative helped the EPSON RC420 and RC520 PC
based controllers become the easiest to use in the industry. And our
"Integrated Options" initiative yielded a wide variety of powerful time saving
options such as Vision Guide, Active X Controls, Conveyor Tracking, DeviceNet,
Profibus and others. EPSON PC based controls combined with our wide variety of
EPSON E2 SCARA, EPSON EZ Modules, and EPSON Pro Six robots provide our
customers with value-based solutions that improve their manufacturing
operations."
EPSON Robots is the global leader in PC controlled
precision factory automation, with an installed base of over 18,000 robots and
a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis
robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a 21 year heritage, EPSON
Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and material handling
applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer
product, electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical,
plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More information can
be found on the company's website at www.robots.epson.com , or contact us
directly at EPSON Robots, 18300 Central Avenue, Carson, CA
90746.
Carson, CA. --- April 19, 2005 ---
EPSON Robots today announced record North American sales and unit shipments for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005. Net sales increased 165% over the
previous fiscal year and net robot shipments yielded similar
results.
"These fantastic results prove that EPSON is doing the right
things and strongly reinforces our leadership role in the industry. Our people,
robots and related automation products continue to exceed customer
expectations," said Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. "The EPSON RC420
and RC520 PC-based controllers with EPSON RC+ software continue to gain market
acceptance as the easiest to use in the industry. Our Vision Guide sales are
booming as more users discover the benefits of EPSON's easy-to-use robot vision
guidance package. The wide variety of SCARA, Modules and 6 axis models that
EPSON offers means that users can finally select the right robot for their
application versus being forced into a one size fits all situations. Add them
all up and the result is this - EPSON customers are implementing their robot
automation projects faster than ever before. In 2005 we will build on this
momentum by introducing more new products and entering exciting new
markets."
EPSON Robots is the global leader in PC controlled precision
factory automation, with an installed base of over 18,000 robots and a product
line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian and 6 axis robots
based on a common PC platform. Building on a 21 year heritage, EPSON Robots
today delivers robots for precision assembly and material handling applications
in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer product,
electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics,
semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More information can be found
on the company's website at www.robots.epson.com , or contact us directly at
EPSON Robots, 18300 Central Avenue, Carson, CA
90746.
Carson, CA. --- March 1, 2005 ---
EPSON Robots, the global leader in PC controlled precision robotic automation
announced today that its Pro Six robot is now available in a UL Listed model.
EPSON is the only robot company that offers both UL Listed SCARA and 6-axis
robots. For many robot users, installing UL Listed machines is critical to
maintain compliance with various local and state safety regulations.
"EPSON Robots are known throughout the industry for extremely high
reliability and durability. This comes from our strong company wide belief that
our number 1 responsibility to our customers is to provide products that are
both safe and reliable. As such, EPSON has very rigorous internal design and
manufacturing standards to make sure that all our robots exceed our customer's
expectations" noted Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. "Following our
own internal safety and manufacturing standards as well as implementing the
strict safety and manufacturing programs to meet the rigorous requirements of
the UL1740, CE mark, and ANSI/RIA 15.06 standards for robots not only ensures
that EPSON robots meet all the latest safety standards but also makes them
safer and more reliable than ever. All of this adds up to higher factory uptime
and more satisfied customers."
EPSON Robots is the global leader in PC
controlled precision factory automation, with an installed base of over 17,000
robots and a product line of hundreds of models of easy to use SCARA, Cartesian
and 6 axis robots based on a common PC platform. Building on a 20 year
heritage, EPSON Robots today delivers robots for precision assembly and
material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive,
biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device,
pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. More
information can be found on the company's website at www.robots.epson.com , or
contact us directly at EPSON Robots, 18300 Central Avenue, Carson, CA
90746.
Carson, CA. --- June 24, 2003 --- At
the recent International Robots and Vision Show, EPSON Robots won the
prestigious Robotics World Machine Vision Award for its unique vision guided
conveyor tracking demonstration. The award winning workcell used a side mounted
EPSON E2C351 SCARA robot attached to a wall mounted EPSON EZ Module equipped
with vision guidance and conveyor tracking. After the vision system found a
part on a continuously moving conveyor, the combined SCARA/linear module robot
would simultaneously track the part on the conveyor and perform a simulated
dispensing application. The entire workcell was controlled by a single EPSON
RC520 PC-based controller. Edward Mueller, publisher of Robotics World,
presented the award to EPSON Robots.
“We are very happy to have won
this award,” said Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots. “To be
selected by Robotics World, the primary magazine of our industry, at our
industry’s biggest trade show is a real honor. It shows that after twenty
years, EPSON Robots is still recognized as a leader.”
With more
than 17,000 installed units worldwide and offices in Asia, Europe and North
America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a leading supplier of robots,
controllers and vision guidance products. This equipment is used in the
manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics,
food, medical, pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication
products.
Carson, CA. --- June 1, 2003 --- 2003
marks EPSON Robots twentieth year of providing high speed, precision robots.
During this period EPSON Robots has grown from being an early pioneer in the
assembly robot market to a position of leadership in developing and introducing
new technology designed to make robots easier to use, more reliable and more
flexible.
Michael Ferrara, Director of EPSON Robots - North and South
America, said, "The past twenty years have seen lots of changes in our
industry. There have been the roller coaster rides of boom and bust cycles.
Competitors, both new and old, attack our markets like pit bulls only to leave
with their tail between their legs. And significant improvements in the
technology. Through it all our single minded focus has been and will continue
to be to make EPSON robots the easiest and most reliable robots
available…anywhere and all the time."
EPSON Robots is a global
leader in easy to use, high speed, high precision robots and related factory
automation equipment. More than 17,000 EPSON Robots are used in the
manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics,
food, medical device, pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and
telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- March 24, 2003 --- EZ
Modules are EPSON Robots newest factory automation product. The EZ Modules are
a line of high quality, easy to assemble modular axes that can be configured as
one, two, three or four axis mechanisms. They run on either of EPSON's powerful
PC-based controllers - the RC420
Controller or the RC520 Controller and come standard with the easy to learn,
easy to use EPSON RC+ programming software.
EZ Modules combine rugged
modular axes with the easy to use EPSON
RC+ software and the powerful RC420 and RC520 Controllers. The result is a
superior product with the improved performance users expect from EPSON Robots.
It is another example of EPSON Robots' leadership role in marrying commercial
automation components with EPSON controllers and software. Because EZ Modules
use standard EPSON Robots software and controllers, users can easily increase
the power and flexibility of their EZ Module system by adding ActiveX Controls,
Conveyor Tracking, Ethernet I/O, Force Sensing, Security/Audit Log and Vision
Guide capabilities.
EPSON Robots is a global leader in easy to use,
high speed, high precision robots and related factory automation equipment.
More than 17,000 EPSON Robots are used in the manufacturing of appliance,
automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics, food, medical device,
pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- February 1, 2003 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. announced today
that its E2 SCARA Robots with the RC420 and RC520 PC based Controllers passed
all the stringent requirements of the ANSI/UL1740 Safety Standard and are now
UL Listed.
"It makes good business sense for manufacturing companies to
use UL Listed robots," said John Clark, National Sales Manager of EPSON Robots.
"Manufacturers want to be good corporate citizens with a reputation for
providing a safe work environment. It's one way to retain and protect one of
their most valuable assets - hardworking, knowledgeable employees. Plus the
rising costs of work related injuries and non-compliance with government
regulations and generally recognized safety standards adversely affects the
company's bottom line. Using a robot that is UL Listed shows the company's
commitment to workplace safety and helps them be in compliance with growing
local, state, national and international regulations requiring the usage of
robots and manufacturing systems that have been tested and listed by
UL."
"Epson robots, controllers and software as well as our
manufacturing procedures underwent stringent tests and reviews by UL Robot
safety professionals. Destructive testing was done to robot arms and controller
components to ensure that in the event of component failures our robots will
remain safe. Our software was also checked to make sure that in the event of a
single software system failure our robot will remain safe. In addition, UL
inspectors will continue to visit our factory to ensure continued compliance
with the ANSI/UL 1740 Safety Standard." John concluded, "The UL Mark is a
trusted symbol of safety. It indicates that a piece of equipment complies with
rigorous safety standards designed to protect the user. In fact, EPSON is the
only North America robot supplier with SCARA robots that have the UL Mark, the
CE Mark and comply with all of the following robot safety standards: ANSI/UL
1740, ANSI/RIA 15.06 and CSA Z434-02. Once again EPSON Robots is showing what
it takes to be the industry leader!"
For more
information regarding EPSON Robots and our UL Listing, click
here.
With more than 17,000 machines installed and offices in Asia,
Europe and North America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a global leader
in high speed, high precision robots and related factory automation equipment.
This equipment is used in the manufacturing of appliance, automotive,
biotechnology, consumer, electronics, food, medical device, pharmaceutical,
photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- November 11, 2002 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. is introducing
a new series of robots that are both Class 10 Cleanroom and ESD Compliant. With
reaches ranging from 250mm to 850mm, the E2 Cleanroom/ESD robots are perfect
for applications where costly product defects can be caused by contamination
from microscopic particles and/or static electricity.
"As components and
product assemblies continue to shrink in size, it becomes more and more
important for companies to control the workplace environment. Miniature parts
and assemblies can be quickly destroyed by something as simple as a speck of
dust or a quick zap of static electricity. High tech industries have been
fighting this battle for a long time. We expect other industries to follow,"
said John Clark, National Sales Manager of Epson America's Factory Automation
Robotics Division. "In the past companies could buy robots that were only
Cleanroom rated. This was fine in the beginning but as time rolled on and the
parts got smaller and smaller, electro static discharge became an equally
important problem. Customers asked for our help in solving this problem. We
went back to the drawing board to develop robots that are both clean and ESD
compliant." John concluded, "The new E2 Cleanroom/ESD robots are the solution.
They comply with the strict cleanliness and electro static discharge
requirements common in high tech companies. The fact that they can be mounted
to a wall, shelf, ceiling or table top makes them even more flexible."
With more than 17,000 machines installed and offices in Asia, Europe
and North America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a global leader in high
speed, high precision robots and related factory automation equipment. This
equipment is used in the manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology,
consumer, electronics, food, medical device, pharmaceutical, photonics,
semiconductor and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- September 16, 2002
--- The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. announced
today that it is introducing a new single box PC-based robot controller at the
upcoming Assembly Technology Exposition (Booth # 28065). The RC420 Controller
combines a powerful PC and an industrial drive unit into a single 19" rack
mountable chassis. As with the powerful RC520 PC based Controller, the RC420
Controller uses the popular and easy to use EPSON RC+ software.
"It's
all about listening to our customers," said John Clark, National Sales Manager
of Epson America's Factory Automation Robotics Division. "Several years ago
they told us that oversized robots were creating oversized work cells that took
up too much valuable floor space. We responded with our 250mm, 350mm and 450mm
reach robots. These smaller robots shrank the size of their robot cells by
50+%." John continued, "The next challenge they gave us was to build a smaller
version of our powerful, PC-based RC520 Robot Workcell Controller. They wanted
the new controller to be PC based, use the same EPSON RC+ software they already
know and love and be capable of accepting existing programs. The new, compact
RC420 Controller is the solution. It does everything they want in a single
chassis that is 35% smaller than the RC520."
With more than 17,000
installed units worldwide and offices in Asia, Europe and North America, Epson
Factory Automation Robotics is a leading supplier of robots, controllers and
vision guidance products. This equipment is used in the manufacturing of
appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics, food, medical,
pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- September 9, 2002 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. will unveil its
new E2 Robots at the upcoming Assembly Technology Exposition (Booth # 28065).
The E2 Robots incorporate the latest technology in high speed, high precision
SCARA robots.
"0.38 second cycle times! 0.008 micron repeatability!
0.12 Kgm2 moments of inertia! Table top, side wall, shelf top, shelf bottom and
ceiling mounts! Class 10 Cleanroom and ESD compliant! 32 different models
available! UL Listed! It's pretty obvious that once again Epson is
demonstrating its leadership in SCARA robots," said John Clark, the National
Sales Manager of Epson America's Factory Automation Robotics Division. "A
couple of years ago we asked our customers, as well as our competitors'
customers, to describe their ideal SCARA robot. They told us that they wanted
it to be faster, more repeatable, have stronger moments of inertia and the
ability to mount almost anywhere. They also wanted easy to use programming
software running on a compact, open architecture, PC based controller." John
concluded, "The E2 Robot is exactly what they described."
With more
than 17,000 installed units worldwide and offices in Asia, Europe and North
America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a leading supplier of robots,
controllers and vision guidance products. This equipment is used in the
manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics,
food, medical, pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication
products.
Carson, CA. ---September 2, 2002 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. announced that
Conveyor Tracking is now available on its popular RC520 EPSON RC+ based Robot
Controller. Conveyor Tracking allows EPSON robots to work in automated systems
that incorporate continuously moving conveyors for transporting materials in
and out of a workcell.
"Customers have been telling us that they wanted
Epson to develop a robot conveyor tracking package because of our history of
making things easy to use," said John Clark, National Sales Manager of Epson
America's Factory Automation Robotics division. "With support for single and
multiple conveyors as well as single and multiple robots, the EPSON RC+
Conveyor Tracking package is very powerful yet easy to use. In addition to
making it easy to use, our customers wanted it to be seamlessly integrated into
our EPSON RC+ programming environment, just like our Vision Guide package.
We've met that demand and provided a solution that will help reduce overall
workcell design time while providing a robust run time solution for conveyor
tracking based applications." John concluded, "I'm very confident that Epson's
Conveyor Tracking capability will take us into new applications at current
customers and lead us into previously untapped automation markets."
With more than 17,000 installed units worldwide and offices in Asia,
Europe and North America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a leading
supplier of robots, controllers and vision guidance products. This equipment is
used in the manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer,
electronics, food processing, medical, pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor
and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. ---August 26, 2002 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. announced that
Geometric Search Tool is now standard on Vision Guide, its popular robot
guidance system. The Geometric Search Tool quickly and accurately locates a
model - or multiple models - at any position under the harshest of conditions.
"The Geometric Search Tool gives Vision Guide users several benefits,"
said Rick Brookshire, Senior Manager of Product Development & Engineering
for Epson America's Factory Automation Robotics division. "Programming time
will decrease because applications that once required multiple tools can now be
solved through using only the Geometric Search Tool. This is in keeping with
Epson's long history of providing automation solutions that are easy to use.
Once in production, most users will see faster overall cycle times because the
Geometric Search Tool executes faster than other tools used in the past to
accomplish the same tasks. And because it is very robust, the Geometric Search
Tool finds parts quickly with full 360 degree rotation as well as parts that
are partially obscured."
With more than 17,000 installed units
worldwide and offices in Asia, Europe and North America, Epson Factory
Automation Robotics is a leading supplier of robots, controllers and vision
guidance products. This equipment is used in the manufacturing of appliance,
automotive, biotechnology, consumer, electronics, medical, pharmaceutical,
photonics, semiconductor and telecommunication products.
Carson, CA. --- August 19, 2002 ---
The Factory Automation Robotics Division of Epson America, Inc. announced that
its popular EPSON RC+ programming software is now available on the Microsoft
Windows 2000 operating system.
"This migration to the Microsoft Windows
2000 platform is a continuation of our long standing strategy of reducing
overall automation costs by implementing open systems," said Rick Brookshire,
Senior Manager of Product Development & Engineering for Epson's Robot
Division. "In 1994 when we released our first Microsoft Windows based
programming software, DARLsp for Windows, customers told us they really liked
programming in an environment that they were already familiar with, i.e.
Microsoft Windows. From our perspective, using an industry standard operating
system made it easier and faster for us to find and integrate other best in
class, third party automation devices into our programming environment. The
'plug and play' attributes of Windows 2000 accelerate this process for us and
also make it easier for customers to integrate their own third party devices."
With more than 17,000 installed units worldwide and offices in Asia,
Europe and North America, Epson Factory Automation Robotics is a leading
supplier of robots, controllers and vision guidance products. This equipment is
used in the manufacturing of appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer,
electronics, medical, pharmaceutical, photonics, semiconductor and
telecommunication products.
