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Vention is a robotics company founded 2015, based in Canada, developing 2 robots primarily in the Cobot category.
Industrial automation platform for custom factory robotics
Vention builds factory automation products including its modular automation platform and application-specific systems such as Rapid Operator AI for autonomous deep-bin picking. The company targets manufacturers looking to automate unstructured tasks with integrated robot, software, gripper, and vision components, and it operates from Canada with a U.S. presence.
Total funding
US$159.5M
Active products
2
Maker Score
58
Strong evidence
View factor breakdown
Price range
$110.4K
1 of 2 priced
Top-rated product
63.9
Robo Score
UR20
Company facts
- HQ
- Montreal, Canada
- Founded
- 2015 · 11 yrs
- Website
- vention.io
- View profile ↗
Maker Score
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Trusted by
- Universal Robotsdeployed 2023universal-robots.com ↗
Awards & recognition
- Best New Product – Automation Category2021automationworld.com ↗
- Innovative Product of the Year – Robotics2020controleng.com ↗
Milestones
Launched Rapid Operator AI, a turnkey autonomous deep-bin-picking solution.
Press coverage
- Vention releases Rapid Operator AI to automate deep bin picking
The Robot Report
- Getting a GRIIP on Physical AI: Vention's Rapid Operator AI
Control Engineering
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
21.5momentumVention and FANUC America unify industrial and collaborative robots on a single AI platform
In the news
2 events · last 90 days
Why Vention has been in the news, across 9 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's Robo Score — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Vention
2 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | UR20 | Cobot | Payload 30 kg·Reach 3.5 m | $110.4K | 2025 | 63.9 |
| 2 |  | Rapid-Operator AI | Cobot | — | — | — | 47.6 |
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