Vention collaborates with FANUC and Universal Robots on software-defined automation

Vention’s AI-powered platform enables FANUC industrial and collaborative robots to autonomously generate collision-free motion paths while providing integrated monitoring and remote support. Source: CNW Group/Vention

At Automate this week in Chicago, Vention Inc. is showcasing partnerships around software-defined automation. The company has expanded support for FANUC America industrial robots, and it has optimized a new digital twin platform for Universal Robots deployments.

“We’re seeing strong demand from manufacturers for automation that’s easier to deploy and faster to bring online, especially as labor challenges continue,” said Dick Motley, director of the Authorized System Integrator Network at FANUC America.

“Many companies want to automate but are looking for solutions that reduce complexity and are easier to implement,” he added. “Vention’s AI-powered platform helps customers deploy FANUC’s industrial and collaborative robots, allowing them to get up and running more quickly while maintaining the performance and reliability they expect from FANUC.”

Founded in 2016, Vention claimed that its “full-stack” platform unifies modular hardware, software, and physical AI . The Montreal, Canada-based company has deployed more than 25,000 machines worldwide at over 4,000 factories and raised $110 million in January. Vention said it enables businesses to design, program, deploy, and operate turnkey or custom automation in just days.

Vention asserted that its MachineMotion AI and MachineLogic ecosystem provide a new way to program both industrial and collaborative robots.

Rather than manually programming robot paths waypoint by waypoint, operators simply define start and end targets. The system then automatically scans the workspace and computes the optimal collision-free path between the two points.

This goal-driven approach enables manufacturers to deploy more adaptive robotic applications that respond dynamically to changing production conditions, mixed-SKU operations, and evolving factory layouts, said Vention. The platform enables manufacturers to validate robotic motion and automation logic before deployment, accelerating commissioning, it said.

Built on modular hardware and software components, the AI -powered platform enables faster responses to new SKUs, fixtures, and production layouts, according to Vention.

Vention said that it and FANUC America are focused on simplifying industrial robot deployment. The combination of FANUC’s robots and Vention’s platform enables manufacturers to design, simulate, deploy, and operate automation from a unified environment, said the companies.