12.MAY.10 / Press Release

STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY ENHANCE ENGINEERING OFFERING WITH TWO NEW VICON SYSTEMS

OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group (LSE: OMG), (“OMG” or “the Group”) the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, is pleased to announce Strathclyde University has purchased two Vicon T-Series systems for its Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) and Bioengineering departments.

The EEE department offers a broad range of innovative, industrially relevant and professionally accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering all fields of the discipline. It will be using a six T160 Vicon system to test the accuracy of directional algorithms for autonomous robots.

“As part of the UK Research Centre for Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE), we’ve undertaken research into the potential of miniature semi-autonomous robots to deliver a variety of inspection techniques to structures in challenging areas – for example in the oil, gas, and nuclear industries,” said Dr. Gareth Pierce, lecturer at Strathclyde University EEE department.

The robots can incorporate a number of different NDE payloads including ultrasonic, eddy current, visual and magnetic-based payloads, developed into an adaptable and flexible inspection platform.  Pierce says the challenge of using mobile robotic platforms to deliver NDE to a structure combines difficulties arising from both robotic positioning, and NDE sensor measurements.

Pierce comments: “Our current research is exploring new techniques to accurately locate the 3D position of the robotic devices. The Vicon T-Series camera system will allow us to benchmark our new sensor technologies against a state of the art, precision 3D motion capture system.”

The second T-Series system is being installed in the Bioengineering Unit at Strathclyde University, Scotland's centre of excellence for postgraduate training and research in biomedical engineering. It chose Vicon’s highest resolution cameras to support their existing movement analysis research.

Imogen Moorhouse, MD at Vicon said: “Strathclyde University has been a Vicon customer for over 25 years and these latest system additions are an indication of our great working relationship.

“Accuracy is vital when monitoring semi autonomous robots, which is why the EEE department chose the Vicon T160 camera for their study.”

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About OMG
OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding products and services for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries. Be it for capturing the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries) or virtual reality displays (for engineering and development), the Group has the world leading market position and a strong international reputation for precision instruments.

Founded in 1984, the Group’s headquarters are in Oxford, UK, and it has offices in California and Colorado, USA. It has customers in over 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through three operating subsidiaries – Vicon, the world’s biggest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for entertainment and defence applications and Yotta, our 3D mapping business, which collects and analyses highway data and street level imaging and which, following the acquisition of Mobile Video Services, Inc. in April 2008 is a leading US provider of data collection services for the assessment of property taxation.

Oxford Metrics’ global clients in science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film, broadcast and 3D mapping include major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA, Square Enix and in 3D mapping and highway surveys: Mouchel Parkman, Atkins, and Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Pembrokeshire County Councils as well as many others.

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, www.2d3.com or www.yottadcl.com