Kineo CAM
Encyclopedia
Kineo Computer Aided Motion ("Kineo CAM") is a company based in Toulouse
, France
that was awarded the European ICT Prize in 2007 in Hannover, Germany
for KineoWorks, its automatic motion planning
, path planning and pathfinding
technology.
KineoWorks is a core software component dedicated to motion planning that enables automatic motion of any mechanical system or virtual artifact in a 3D environment, ensuring collision avoidance and respecting kinematic constraints.
KCD is a state-of-the-art collision detection
software library with an object-oriented API. It is included in KineoWorks and exists also as a standalone library. It works with a hierarchical architecture of heterogeneous data types based on composite design pattern and is especially suited for large 3D models.
The Kineo CAM main market is PLM
, DMU
and CAD/CAM
systems, robotics
and coordinate-measuring machine
s (CMM).
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
that was awarded the European ICT Prize in 2007 in Hannover, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
for KineoWorks, its automatic motion planning
Motion planning
Motion planning is a term used in robotics for the process of detailing a task into discrete motions....
, path planning and pathfinding
Pathfinding
Pathfinding generally refers to the plotting, by a computer application, of the shortest route between two points. It is a more practical variant on solving mazes...
technology.
KineoWorks is a core software component dedicated to motion planning that enables automatic motion of any mechanical system or virtual artifact in a 3D environment, ensuring collision avoidance and respecting kinematic constraints.
KCD is a state-of-the-art collision detection
Collision detection
Collision detection typically refers to the computational problem of detecting the intersection of two or more objects. While the topic is most often associated with its use in video games and other physical simulations, it also has applications in robotics...
software library with an object-oriented API. It is included in KineoWorks and exists also as a standalone library. It works with a hierarchical architecture of heterogeneous data types based on composite design pattern and is especially suited for large 3D models.
The Kineo CAM main market is PLM
PLM
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, DMU
Digital mockup
Digital MockUp or DMU is a concept that allows the description of a product, usually in 3D, for its entire life cycle. Digital Mockup is enriched by all the activities that contribute to describing the product. The product design engineers, the manufacturing engineers, and the support engineers...
and CAD/CAM
Computer-aided manufacturing
Computer-aided manufacturing is the use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in the manufacturing of workpieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most common; CAM may also refer to the use of a computer to assist in all operations of a...
systems, robotics
Robotics
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
and coordinate-measuring machine
Coordinate-measuring machine
A coordinate measuring machine is a device for measuring the physical geometrical characteristics of an object. This machine may be manually controlled by an operator or it may be computer controlled. Measurements are defined by a probe attached to the third moving axis of this machine...
s (CMM).
History
Incorporated in December 2000, Kineo CAM benefited from a 15-year research legacy from the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture System LAAS-CNRS.Awards
- 2000: Winner of the national contest of innovation from French Ministry of Research and Technology
- 2005: Kineo CAM receives IEEE/IFR Innovation Award for Outstanding Achievements in Commercializing Innovative Robot and Automation Technology
- 2006: Awarded by Daratech the title of emerging technology at the DaratechSUMMIT2006 with eight other innovative American companies
- 2007: Innovation ICT Prize from the European Commission and the European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies & Engineering
- 2007: Innovation and International award from Regional council of Midi-Pyrénées