(a) GENERAL

Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets machine vision, automatic identification and related products for the semiconductor capital equipment, electronics, automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical and other industries. Founded in 1976, we use advanced technology including vision-enabled process equipment, high-performance optics, lighting and advanced hardware and software to offer a full range of automation solutions. In 1991, we introduced the first generation of our current principal product, the lead scanner, a three-dimensional machine vision system, which inspects the physical characteristics of packaged semiconductors. We believe we...