Chicago, IL — June 12, 2007 -- Braintech Inc. (BRHI.OB), a leading provider of Robot Vision Software, announced the release of a Community Technical Preview, (“CTP”) of its new robot vision technologies, named VOLTS-IQTM. Designed to work with Microsoft Robotics Studio, VOLTS is now available as a download at www.volts-iq.com.

Owen Jones, Braintech’s CEO states, “ we’re very pleased with the initial feedback we received last month at RoboBusiness, so we decided to move forward and introduce a CTP version for service robot researchers, enthusiasts and early adopters at the Robot &Vision Show being held this week in Chicago. VOLTS is made to work with Microsoft Robotics Studio, and any interested parties who haven’t already downloaded Microsoft Corp.’s software should go to http://microsoft.com/robotics”.

"With the VOLTS-IQ CTP and accompanying tutorials we’re making it possible for robotic developers to gain an understanding of the awesome power of visually intelligent robots. In return we expect lots of feedback as to what visual capabilities they value the most”, says Babak Habibi, Braintech’s CTO. Habibi also explains, “It is important to realize that we view the CTP as only the beginning and we plan to release many more exciting and powerful Visually Intelligent™ (“VI™”) services in the upcoming months"

For the current CTP, the company focused on providing one of the most essential visual capabilities every robot needs, which is the ability to recognize and track an object or distinct pattern in its habitat. The Vi_TrackerTM service which is part of the CTP can be easily trained on various targets by simply drawing a box around the pattern or target of interest in the image. After training, the algorithm begins to continuously recognize and follow the target as it moves around in the image. Examples of objects to recognize and track may include household objects such as a television remote, a book or a beverage container as well as artificial targets marking the placement of points of interest such as the robot's charging station. So long as the target has some distinct texture/appearance, the Vi_Tracker service can recognize and localize it within the image, providing its image coordinates and rotation angle.

In the weeks following the CTP, the company plans to release related services including an optimized web cam service called, Vi_WebcamTM and other various tutorials to expand the usage of VOLTS-IQ services. As an example, one tutorial will show users how to use the target tracking capability of the Vi_Tracker service to drive a virtual robot in the Microsoft simulation environment while the other takes things a step further and uses the Vi_Tracker to aim a toy missile launcher, follow then intersect a tracked target. The CTP is available as a free download subject to evaluation and non-commercial usage licensing terms. To view the latest VOLTS-IQ developments or to download the CTP, documentation and tutorials please visit www.volts-iq.com and sign up for a free user account.

The Robot & Vision Show will be held at the Donald E. Convention Center, Rosemount (Chicago), IL

June 12-14, 2007.

Braintech’s exhibit is at booth #515, Microsoft’s exhibit is booth #2154.

(go to http://www.robots-vision-show.info/robots_vision_show_info.html for more information)

About Microsoft Robotics Studio: visit: - http://www.microsoft.com/robotics

About Braintech VOLTS-IQ: visit – www.volts-iq.com