2. Adept Technology, Inc. Founded in 1983 – Silicon Valley Over 57,000 systems installed $57M Annual Sales / 175 employees Reducing Global Cost of Manufacturing Operations by Providing High Performance Robots and Pre-Engineered Platforms World Leader Vision-Guided Conveyor Tracking Industrial Robots Global Delivery Model with Operations in 9 Countries and 200 Partners NASDAQ: ADEP
3. Global Delivery and Support Over 57,000 systems installed backed by 24/7 support 23,200 18,700 12,400 1,700 Sales Technical Centers Distributors
10. Flexible Automation Solutions (Adept PAC, OctoMation Cells, etc.) ACE Operator Interface & ACE PackXpert SCARA, Articulated, Cartesian, and Delta Robots Conevyor-Tracking System Vision-Guidance and Inspection System (ACE AdeptSight) Mobile Robots Flexible Feeding Solutions (Adept AnyFeeder) Foundation eV+/ Adept ACE SmartController CX SmartVision EX Teach Pendant Camera Kits ePLC Adept’s Portfolio 6
11. Technology Focused on Variability Managing production Variability key enabling technology
12. Part Feeding Requirements and Challenges Adept Solution Large global install base of flexible feeding systems
13. Adept’s Focus for Flexible Feeding Feeder - Vision - Robot Coordination “The vision-guided robot is the key element in this type of system. It’s principal function is the acquisition, orientation, and placement of parts to a target matrix or assembly fixture.” - Bud Ross, RPM Flex Feeders
14. Why Adept for Part Feeding Applications? High-throughput: Seamless integration of AnyFeeder, Robots, and ACE software for Vision-guided flexible feeding solution Flexibility: Feed bulk parts of various shapes, colors, textures, and materials with fast product changeovers Repeatability: Part feeding jobs demand high consistency and Adept offers portfolio of robots with high repeatability Precision: Cost of poor quality is high and robots need to work with high accuracy; Adept portfolio is designed for high precision jobs Foot print efficiency: Adept system provides a high foot print efficiency maximizing the work envelope Safety: Part feeding jobs can be hazardous. Adept adheres to all the safety regulations to ensure the safety of operators
16. Expectation vs. Reality “Flexible parts feeding is a lot like education spending. Most folks want only the best schools and the best teachers for their children. But, when it comes time to pay the piper, the enthusiasm quickly evaporates.” - John Sprovieri, Senior Editor, Assembly Magazine
17. Major Components Method of presenting parts (AnyFeeder) Method to locate and recognize parts (Vision) Method of picking and placing parts (Robot) Method of programming the feeding solution (Software) + + + ACE AdeptSight Adept AnyFeed Adept Robot Application Software
18. Adept AnyFeeder “The Adept AnyFeederis a compact, programmable part feeder to separate and flip parts without the use of conveyor-belts or recirculation“ Abilities: Variety of parts Part changeovers quickly and easily Process multiple parts simultaneously
19. Integrated bulk part feeder Stainless steel design Driven by 2 brushlessservo motors Quick change feed surfaces Backlight drawer Parallel or serial communication Key Features: Adept AnyFeeder Anti-static or textured feed surfaces Fast feed and flip with excellent control due to servos Internal vibration damping
20. Benefits of Adept AnyFeeder Adept ACE™ software to deploy your applications through a user-friendly interface High flexibility for production runs with high mix of parts and short productions cycles Brushless servo-drives and conveyor-less design feed parts without part jams Integrated backlight option for advanced vision guidance capabilities The feed surface option enables feeding parts with different sizes, colors, or shapes Feeds a variety of parts with no fixturingrequirement
21. Vision-Guidance Integration AdeptSight™ is intelligent software designed to perform vision guidance and inspection applications through a single interface Single point of control for vision-guidance applications Wizard-based user-friendly interface to calibrate and teach the robots Supports “vision-on-the-fly” High-speed and high-quality inspection of parts with tight tolerances
22. Robot Integration The Adept SmartController and ACE software is capable of integrating any of the robots with Adept AnyFeeder: SCARA Cartesian 6-Axis Hybrid / Custom
23. ACE Software Integration Identify, calibrate, teach, and manage AnyFeeder, robot, and vision through a single interface Rapid deployment of applications with multiple robots for high-throughputs, multiple AnyFeeders to handle multiple parts, and multiple cameras for vision-guidance and inspection
24. PLC Integration ePLC software from Adept enables flexible feeding solution to be integrated with Allen Bradley’s PLC integration Integration enables users to program and manage AnyFeeder and robot through Allen Bradley’s PLC
26. Philips (Netherlands) Challenge Assembling products that nobody knows for sure how they will look and work in the future flexible automation components from one source Multiple small lines for maximizing throughput, flexibility, and availability Solution 50 AnyFeeder and 140 Robots (SCARA and Articulated) ACE software to seamlessly integrate the system with vision-guidance capabilities