FORT MYERS BEACH, FL – September 2005 – Robotic Workspace Technologies, Inc. (RWT™), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Innova Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:IVHG), an automation technology company providing hardware and software systems-based solutions to the service, personal, and industrial robotic markets, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a third patent for its real-time PC control system capable of controlling automation equipment of various electromechanical configurations from a common programmer/operator interface.
“This is great news for RWT and its product line,” says Neil Dueweke, President of RWT. “RWT’s technology offers a number of unique features and capabilities that we believe will allow the development of significantly improved solutions for the industrial market, as well as the development of applications for promising new markets in personal and service robotics.”Patent number 6,922,611 reflects the company’s continuing R&D efforts in open-architecture PC control technology spearheaded by RWT. The company’s first patent, 6,442,451 was issued in 2002. The second patent, 6,675,070, was issued in 2004.
Each of the patents pertains to RWT’s versatile PC control system suitable for controlling robots of various electromechanical configurations, other automation equipment, and its common programmer/operator interface. RWT’s innovative open-architecture PC control solutions feature commercially available, industry standard hardware and software components which are designed for multiple applications, rather than CPU-based electronics customized for a specific application (device control) for a specific piece of automated equipment (e.g., proprietary controls). “Our robot controllers are not like proprietary robot controllers,” says Walter Weisel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Innova Holdings, Inc.
(IVHG). “This is the reason our technology was recently selected by NASA for mission critical operations.” Unlike proprietary controls, RWT’s PC control systems easily integrate with PLC controls on the shop floor through embedded support for PLC communications via an I/O rack. No “black box” or software translators are needed to achieve integration. Moreover, the RWT PC control system’s open programming language provides a single interface for programming, integration, and customization.
RWT’s PC controls are capable of simultaneously controlling multiple automation devices such as robots, machine tools, parts magazines, vision systems, and more, all from a single operator interface.The benefits of open PC control systems are well documented as manufacturing companies have led for many years a movement away from proprietary systems. Open PC control systems provide the ability for automated equipment of different types to communicate and share data over factory networks in a fashion that emulates production flow, as opposed to proprietary controls that promote “islands of automation” that can create process bottlenecks that impede overall throughput.
Further, open PC control systems enable manufacturers to integrate complimentary hardware and software for quality control, inventory management, and a wide range of other process and business management functions that result in significant economic advantages to the manufacturer and product enhancements for the consumer.On the shop floor, open PC control systems greatly simplify operator training, programming, maintenance, spare parts inventories, and related tasks that in a complex proprietary control environment can significantly increase production lead-time and cost.RWT offers a licensing program for OEMs. About Innova Holdings, Inc. Innova Holdings, Inc.
(OTCBB:IVHG), Fort Myers Beach, Florida, builds shareholder value by developing and acquiring technology-differentiated solutions with extraordinary potential for profitable and sustainable growth. Innova is chartered to continue expanding its growing suite of technologies through acquisitions and organic growth. About Robotic Workspace Technologies, Inc. Robotic Workspace Technologies (RWT), Fort Myers Beach, Florida, is a subsidiary of Innova Holdings, Inc. and a leading provider of open architecture, patent-protected, PC controls, software, and related products that improve the performance, applicability, and productivity of robots and other automated equipment.
Its technology has been applied in industries ranging from agriculture to automotive, to medical and R&D. RWT is recognized internationally for its pioneering contributions to the robotics industry. Its founder, Mr. Walter Weisel, has been a driving force in the robot industry for the past 32 years, and is a recipient of the prestigious Joseph F. Engelberger Award recognizing his contributions to the advancement of robotics and automation.
Visit their website at www.rwt.com About Service Robots, Inc. Service Robots, Inc., Fort Myers Beach, Florida, is a subsidiary of Innova Holdings, Inc. founded specifically to enable development of technologies, applications, and markets in the service robot international markets that include service robots for the military, space and undersea exploration, and homeland security.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Innova Holdings, Inc., Service Robots will leverage the patented products, technology, and robotics expertise of RWT, as well as strategic relationships with system integrators and third-party developers to earn a leadership position in this emerging industry.
