EPSON, with 17,000+ robots installed worldwide, is a factory automation leader. EPSON robots are used in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, computer components, consumer products, electronics, fiber optics, food processing, medical, pharmaceutical, photonics, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunications industries. The powerful EPSON RC+ PC-based Controller allows the integration of "off the shelf, third party" components. Its Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 based programming environment is taught in an easy to use "point and click" environment. Vision Guidance, Force Sensing, Ethernet I/O and Active X controls are some of the options available.