Entivity, Cognex integrate vision with automation, control software

Staff -- Control Engineering, 8/1/2001

Ann Arbor, Mich.—Entivity has agreed with Cognex (Natick, Mass.) to cooperatively develop and promote integrated PC-based control software and machine vision solutions. They will specify and develop interfaces that will simplify the integration of Entivity's Studio family of automation and control software with Cognex's In-Sight family of machine vision sensors. Entivity and Cognex will also cooperate on the promotion and support of these integrated solutions in a variety of new markets and applications. Entivity's Studio product integrates advanced control and information technology with Microsoft Visio 2000. In other news, Entivity announced a partnership with Ann Arbor Technologies (Ann Arbor, Mich.) to offer a fully integrated control solution based on Entivity's Studio control software and Ann Arbor Technologies' webLink industrial computer system.