Oxipital AI
About
About Oxipital AI
Oxipital AI applies vision models to irregular products moving through food and consumer-goods lines. Its software analyses shape, colour and surface characteristics to identify defects, grade products and create structured production data from items that conventional rule-based inspection can struggle to classify.
The same perception layer can guide robotic picking by locating products and estimating how they should be handled. Oxipital works with Schmalz, which owns the former Soft Robotics gripper assets, allowing its vision and analytics software to be paired with mGrip and vacuum end-of-arm tooling without Oxipital manufacturing the grippers itself.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Cognex Corporation
Inbound - Sensing Perception - Soft Robotics integrated Cognex DataMan 470 readers into a German retailer's earlier polybag reinventory line
Source
Funding
- 2021-06-29 - Series B extension - $10M - Soft Robotics raises USD 10 million Series B extension
Soft Robotics raised a USD 10 million Series B extension to expand commercial operations and launch SoftAI-powered robotic solutions. - source: prnewswire.com
Timeline
Events
- 2024-08-06 - Org Change - Soft Robotics reforms as Oxipital AI
The company adopted the Oxipital AI name and a new corporate identity. Oxipital AI retained and prioritized machine-vision and AI technology for manufacturing. The strategy focuses on product inspection, robotic picking and process optimization in food, agriculture and consumer-goods production.
Source - 2024-08-06 - Acquisition - Schmalz acquires Soft Robotics gripper business assets
The transaction transferred the complete mGrip finger-gripper family to Schmalz. Schmalz also acquired related patents and technical know-how. The divestiture separated Soft Robotics' hardware business from its remaining visual-AI operations.
Source - 2021-06-29 - Funding - Soft Robotics raises USD 10 million Series B extension
Material Impact, Scale Venture Partners and Calibrate Ventures co-led the round. Tyson Ventures joined the syndicate, and ABB Technology Ventures and Tekfen Ventures participated. The financing supported commercial expansion and the launch of SoftAI vision- and AI-powered picking systems.
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Notes
Profile notes
- Soft Robotics split its gripper hardware from the vision software continued by Oxipital AI
reviewed 2026-07-18 - Soft Robotics exited its gripper business in 2024. The mGrip hardware moved under Schmalz, while the company’s mGripAI vision and artificial-intelligence work was spun into a new business called Oxipital AI.
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Relations
Relationships
- Schmalz Group
Business Acquirer - Schmalz acquired the Soft Robotics mGrip business assets, patents and know-how.