Soft Robotics Profile

Soft Robotics
32 Crosby Drive,
Suite 101
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

Soft Robotics Inc., now known as Oxipital AI, is a technology company that designs and builds automated, high-speed picking solutions using 3D machine vision, artificial intelligence, and soft robotic grippers, focusing on automating complex production processes in the food industry. 

Soft Robotics unlocks robotic automation for large, meaningful markets and labor starved industries such as food and beverage, advanced manufacturing and e-commerce and retail. Leveraging patented material science and AI algorithms, Soft Robotics designs and builds automation solutions and soft robotic gripping systems that can grasp and manipulate items with the same dexterity of the human hand.

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Soft Robotics divests hardware business to Schmalz, rebrands

August 6, 2024 · Oxipital AI to provide deep-learning machine vision for manufacturing

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An inside look at picking technologies

May 6, 2024 · From pick-to-light to the most advanced robotics, picking technologies are rapidly changing order fulfillment.

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Fear of Robots? Not Soft Ones, According to One Study

December 13, 2023 · A Washington State University study found exposure to soft robots decreases fears about human-robot collaboration.

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Soft Robotics to Demonstrate mGripAI for Food Picking at PACK EXPO 2023

September 1, 2023 · Soft Robotics said its food-safe system can minimize automation's footprint while reducing dependence on scarce labor.

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NVIDIA Explains How Simulation Accelerates Robot Development, Training

July 16, 2023 · Robotics simulation enables virtual training and programming that can use physics-based digital representations of environments, machines, objects, and other assets.

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Soft Robotics Demonstrates mGripAI for Food Handling at Automate 2023

May 24, 2023 · Soft Robotics combines 3D vision and AI with compliant gripping technology to automate processing of proteins and other foodstuffs.

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Soft Robotics Uses NVIDIA Isaac Sim to Apply Automation to $8T Food Market

January 19, 2023 · The company is using synthetic data and AI to accelerate its efforts to improve safety and increase productivity in food processing.

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Bridgestone Begins Testing Soft Robot for Piece Picking at Logistics Sites

November 28, 2022 · The tire maker is working with Ascent Robotics and logistics partners on developing a new technology and business area.

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Soft Robotics Picks Up Series C Funding From Food Producers for Its Grasping Tech

November 17, 2022 · Tyson Ventures led the investment in Soft Robotics with participation from Marel and Johnsonville.

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Soft Robotics, Partners to Demonstrate mGripAI at PACK EXPO 2022

October 24, 2022 · Soft Robotics' mGripAI, which combines 3D perception, compliant grasping, and AI, will be on display at several booths in Chicago.

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Soft Robotics to Showcase Food-Picking Grippers at the International Baking Industry Exposition

September 15, 2022 · The company primarily caters to the foods processing market.

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A Look at 10 End of Arm Tool Providers

July 9, 2022 · EOAT makers are increasing their scope, making robot arms useful for more tasks.

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Advances in AI, Testing, and Hardware Help Gripper Providers, Users Get a Grasp of What’s Possible

June 21, 2022 · Gripper makers are expanding their reach into new markets as increasing technological accuracy and robotics applications continue to grow.

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10 Noteworthy Robot Exhibits at Automate 2022

June 14, 2022 · A look at some of the interesting robot systems we saw at the show, from Epson's GX Series of SCARA robots to FANUC's delta food-picking robot.

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Soft Robotics to Market AI-Enabled Gripper to Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, and Logistics Markets

May 20, 2022 · Soft Robotics said moving beyond food processing and into warehouses and distribution centers was the “natural next step.”

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