Panasonic I-pro Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.

I-pro Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Mizusawa

Hiroyuki Ishihara

Yuki Yoshikuni

Shinichi Tsukahara

Yoshihiro Inoue

Tatsuo Kamei

Haruo Kogane

Hayato Wachi

Seiji Higashiyama

A camera and a robot system are provided. The camera includes a camera body attached to a tip of a robot arm and a camera unit housed in the camera body. The camera unit has a plurality camera devices that are different in optical characteristics for imaging a workpiece.

Camera and robot system

A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.

Camera device and manufacturing system for selective outputting of images based on rotational position of the camera device

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Fukuoka, Japan

Tetsuya Mizusawa