TBC-France, the supplier of security robotics products has incorporated 360 Vision Technology’s new Invictus ruggedised all-in-one PTZ camera into its autonomous security robot, Jack, pictured.
Robot Jack has been designed to offer to security companies a product for live roving surveillance of sensitive sites, such as outdoor or indoor warehouses, ports, industrial complexes, gas and oil facilities, solar power stations, prisons or military bases. The developers say Jack offers mobility and obstacle detection software, embedded artificial intelligence and secure communications technologies for detecting intrusions or anomalies – to carry out safe and effective risk assessments.
To provide the imaging quality needed to secure Jack’s machine vision, TBC-France approached 360 Vision Technology’s VAR (value added reseller), Dealpixpro. Pascal Wojciechowski, Sales and Marketing Director at Dealpixpro, said: “Originally TBC-France purchased a selection of small and compact size PTZ cameras from our portfolio, however technical tests demonstrated that these products were not sufficiently ONVIF compliant to be integrated. TBC-France’s strategy was to build a robot with Made in Europe components. With this in mind I recommended 360 Vision’s new INVICTUS camera, as its high performance specifications and value for money matched with TBC-France’s expectations, and liking the camera package TBC-France borrowed a demo unit for evaluation.”
On confirmation that Invictus would integrate into robot Jack’s command software, and with integrated Sirius LED illumination and ultra low-light full 1080P HD colour/mono camera imaging, TBC-France decided to incorporate Invictus.
Mathilde Bravais, Marketing Manager at robot Jack’s manufacturer, TBC-France, said: “Nearly all of the components for Jack are made in France, Europe, or NATO countries. So we looked for a European manufacturer that could provide us with a performant camera resistant enough to be placed on a multi-terrain robot. We shortlisted the Invictus camera because it matched all our criteria, and we valued the fact that 360 Vision Technology is a specialist company that only manufactures cameras, which shows its expertise in the area. The Invictus camera is an essential component for Jack. Whenever the robot detects something, Invictus becomes the eyes of the guard in the field, its level of quality and performance enables Jack to see with precision and reactivity.”
The final development of robot Jack offers up to 18 km/h on or off-road autonomous mobile surveillance and integrated video analytics with human detection. Making its debut at Eurosatory international Defence & Security industry trade fair in Paris in June, Jack demonstrated its ability to be deployed for patrol and intervention. For use over all types of terrain, Jack’s offers integration into existing security systems for situational awareness and alarm activation, the companies say.
Mark Rees, Business Development Director of 360 Vision Technology, said: “Robot Jack dramatically illustrates the direction new security solutions are taking to provide enhanced levels of mobile autonomous situational awareness. We’re pleased that the Invictus camera with its latest ONVIF 2.4 Profile S compliant protocols for fast set-up, IP67 certification and rugged build quality was selected to provide the eyes for Jack for dependable performance in any environment.”
