Robotics

UNMATCHED DYNAMIC ACCURACY

Turnkey solutions and robotics tracking for complex problems

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Advancing Robotics for Precision

Robot Movement Precision

Vicon helps engineers analyze and fine-tune robot movements, improving the accuracy and fluidity of complex tasks, from assembly line operations to surgical procedures.

Human-Robot Interaction

Motion capture systems enable better understanding of how robots interact with humans, ensuring safe, intuitive, and effective collaboration in shared workspaces.

Performance Evaluation and Training

Vicon provides real-time motion data for testing and training robotic systems, allowing for continuous improvement in response times, adaptability, and performance in dynamic environments.

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Using motion capture to clean up outer space

The Satellite Applications Catapult in Oxfordshire uses Vicon’s motion capture technology to simulate orbital operations, helping to advance satellite servicing, assembly, and debris removal. The facility employs 33 Vicon Vero cameras to track robotic movements with unmatched precision across a 27x7x8-meter environment. This enables accurate modeling of close-proximity operations in space.

“These robots are repeatable but not accurate,” explains Jeremy Hadall, Robotics Development Lead. “Vicon’s system ensures we know exactly where the robots are, allowing us to operate with a level of fidelity and accuracy we couldn’t achieve otherwise.” Vicon also provided critical support in optimizing the system, expanding from 24 cameras to eliminate blind spots. By enabling reliable simulation of complex orbital tasks, Vicon is pivotal to innovation in the evolving space sector.

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Capture the right details

Motion tracking for robots, research and more.

Vicon’s motion capture technology, paired with its Tracker 4 software and Valkyrie cameras, provides unparalleled tools for robotics research and development. Vicon enables engineers to achieve exceptional robotics tracking, optimizing systems with precision down to 0.017mm. This detailed accuracy and low latency make Vicon the ideal solution for applications such as ground truth localization, motion tracking for robots, and robotics control system optimization.

The DataStream SDK seamlessly integrates Vicon systems with industry-standard tools, including ROS, ROS2, MATLAB, and Python, enabling researchers to incorporate accurate, real-time motion data directly into their workflows. Whether for industrial robotics, robotic arms, or mobile platforms, Vicon provides reliable data for both simulation and real-world testing. This integration supports iterative development through processes like “sim-to-real”, where engineers validate robotic performance in controlled environments before real-world deployment.

Flawless, Precise and Reliable

Vicon’s advanced motion capture systems empower the robotics and engineering industries with unmatched precision, speed, and reliability. The Valkyrie camera captures high-speed motion with extraordinary clarity, ideal for robotics tracking applications such as ground truth localization, dynamic tracking, and control testing. Its robust, large-scale tracking capabilities make it perfect for simulating real-world or outdoor environments.

Valkyrie cameras offer unmatched resolution (up to 26MP) and high-speed capabilities, ensuring flawless robot motion tracking for fast-moving robotic systems. Combined with Tracker 4’s robust calibration and “set and forget” operation, Vicon ensures uninterrupted, high-fidelity motion tracking, even in complex environments. 

From studying robotic arm precision to refining self-driving technologies, Vicon provides comprehensive tools to analyze and enhance system performance. Trusted by NASA, Boeing, and BMW, Vicon enables engineers to push boundaries in robotics and engineering with reliable data, seamless integration, and free lifetime support. With Vicon, you achieve precision when it matters most.

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SYSTEM COMPONENTS

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ACCESSORIES

Tracker

From robot tracking to human factors engineering, design method optimization to virtual engineering and previsualization to virtual reality, Tracker will open up all of these things and more, as it’s designed for demanding, and technically complex engineering applications.

Tracker

Valkyrie

Valkyrie is the most powerful motion capture camera ever brought to market, offered with four different specs with four different focuses: resolution, speed, value, and strobeless.

Valkyrie

Vero

Vero combines market-leading resolution and speed at an unrivalled price point.

Vero has on-board sensors that monitor camera position and temperature to ensure optimal performance at all times.

Vero

Markers, suits and tape

Find all the accessories you need for your application here, ready to buy online: suits of all kinds, if capturing people, and the markers for affixing to the body or rigid objects, plus tape to attach them.

Markers, suits and tape

FREE SUPPORT FOR LIFE

Support is a large part of the Vicon offering and it’s something we’re very proud of. Not only do new customers receive a one year warranty on their hardware, but all of our customers benefit from basic phone, email and web technical support for the life of their system. 

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