Braintech, Inc.

Braintech, Inc. engages in the research, development, supply, commercialization, training, maintenance, and support of machine vision and vision guidance technologies, products, and services. The companys products and services are used for product inspection and location analysis applications in industrial robots, and various machines and material handling in the industrial, government, and consumer markets worldwide. Its principal product, eVisionFactory (eVF), a software platform, provides software environment for the design, development, operation, and support of vision guided robotic (VGR) systems. The eVF product stores and manipulates libraries of routines to perform various functions that could be included within a vision guided robotic system, as well as includes maintenance and support features, which monitor the performance of a vision guidance system to detect errors, and to notify the operator when an error has been detected. The company also offers eVisionEngine (eVE), a technology library that provides a set of vision science algorithms for 2D, 2.5D, and 3D pose calculations packaged with automatic calibration, automatic training, automatic testing, and automatic model calculation. The eVE product allows robot manufacturers, vision system providers, smart camera manufactures, and system integrators to add VGR functionality to their products and solutions through application programming interfaces. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.