Anyone can mount a camera on a robot. Our Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) systems provide an integrated robotic camera whose movement can be easily controlled via ARIA development software. This camera can be configured for use with your own custom vision routines, with our ACTS Color-Tracking application and/or for surveillance purposes.

The core of all our PTZ systems are PTZ analog color cameras integrated with our robot hardware, operating system software (ARCOS) and ARIA plug-ins. This package allows intelligent camera control mounted on, or easily added to, any P-series robot. Smooth pan, tilt or zoom action can be controlled from any software level.

The PTZ Robotic Camera System is a component of every PTZ Tracking, Surveillance and Vision System. It includes a high-quality Cannon camera, plus pan-tilt-zoom mount, cables, software plug-in and documentation. 

ALL PTZ ROBOTIC CAMERA SYSTEMs are:

• Fully integrated with ARCOS and ARIA software plug-ins for easy operation 
• Includes cabling
  
• Pre-mounted on any new Pioneer model or easily installed on any existing Pioneer 
• 26 times ( at infinite) optical, 12x digital zoom for wide range of applications 
• High-Speed Auto-Focus Lens for responsiveness 
• +/- 100 degree pan at up to 90 degrees per second
  
• -30 to +90 degree tilt at up to 70 degrees per second
  
• Plugs into MobileRobots microcontroller RS232C serial port
  
• NTSC all functions
  

ARCOS AND ARIA  COMMAND SETS include:

• pan / tilt to x/y degrees (absolute position) 
• pan / tilt x/y degrees (relative position) 
• 1X - 26X zoom 

The PTZ Robotic Camera System may be ordered in any of the following configurations:

• PTZ COMPLETE TRACKING / VISION / SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM for combined color-tracking, vision-processing and surveillance
• PTZ SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM for surveillance or remote viewing
• PTZ CUSTOM VISION SYSTEM for processing vision information with your custom routines

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COMPLETE PTZ TRACKING / SURVEILLANCE /VISION SYSTEM Are you looking for a fully versatile vision system with plug-n-play color-tracking, surveillance that you can also use with your own custom vision software? The Complete PTZ Tracking / Surveillance /Vision System is far and away the most sophisticated off-the-shelf robotic camera system. The Complete PTZ System is available in NTSC format and runs on any P-Series robot with onboard computer.

The Complete PTZ Tracking /  Surveillance / Vision System includes all features of the

• PTZ SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM for surveillance or remote viewing
• PTZ CUSTOM VISION SYSTEM for processing vision information with your custom routines

• PTZ Robotic Camera System 
  
• SAV (Software AV), requires computer and wireless ethernet
  
• PC104+ ONBOARD FRAMEGRABBER and drivers(onboard PC with PC104+ bus required)
• Advanced Color-Tracking Software (ACTS) , integrated with ARIA.

PTZ SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM   for monitoring or inspection. The PTZ Surveillance System combines the PTZ Robotic Camera System with an AV-Pro Transmitter mounted inside or on top of your robot. For your remote viewing station, we provide an AV Pro Receiver plus a video capture card to digitize the picture for real-time display on the monitor. The PTZ Surveillance System The PTZ Vision System runs on any MobileRobots P-series robot. 

• High quality video transmitter receiver 
• 2.4 Ghz or 900 Mhz frequency (if used with multiple wireless radio Ethernet station adapters, inquire concerning other frequency options) 
• NTSC
• runs on any P-series MobileRobots robot 
• Framegrabber with both WIN32 and Linux drivers provides flexibility 

• PTZ Robotic Camera System
• A/V PRO TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER, premium quality NTSC
• PCI FRAMEGRABBER, with WIN32 or Linux drivers --- NTSC, 30fps

PTZ CUSTOM VISION SYSTEM Use your Pioneer to gather images for analysis with your own feature recognition or other perception routines. The PTZ Vision System combines the PTZ Robotic Camera System with an a PC104+ framegrabber attached to the PCI bus of your onboard EBX computer for rapid-fire transfer of data. The PTZ Vision System is available in NTSC format, and runs on any P-Series robot with onboard computer. 

• The PTZ Custom Vision System includes all features of the PTZ Robotic Camera System (above) plus:
• WIN32 and/or Linux drivers provide flexibility
• NTSC Version S or C
• Runs on any P-series MobileRobots robot

• PTZ Robotic Camera System
• PC104+ onboard framegrabber and drivers (onboard PC with PC104+ bus required)

SPECIFICATIONS Total Number of Pixels [NTSC] 630K total (340K effective) Minimum Illumination 1 lux (visible light mode, at 1.30 electric shutter speed) Horiz, Field of View 460 TV lines; Vertical 350 TV lines White Balance Auto/manual/one touch Focus Wide: 0.01 to inf. / tele. 1.6 to inf., AutoManual Zoom  26 times ( at infinite) optical, 12x digital Pan Angle +/- 100° Pan Speed   1-90°/sec Tilt Angle -30° to +90° Tilt Speed 1 to 70°/sec. Size (W x D x H) 100 x 125 x 96mm Weight   420g Operating Temperature    0 to 40°C, 20 to 85% RH

PTZ camera on PeopleBot(tm) tilts up to see faces or down to see objects in its gripper.