Apera AI is building Vue 9.52 into 4D vision-guided robot cells

Apera AI tied Vue 9.52 and faster Forge training to factory vision cells, Linamar machine tending, 0.3-second guidance, and synthetic-data robot training.

1 Jan 26

Linamar’s Hastech Manufacturing division uses ABB Robotics and Apera AI in three machine-tending cells for loading unmachined transmission discs, a task previously handled manually. Source

Apera says Vue 9.52 and the updated Forge training workflow can deliver a complete 4D Vision program ready for the plant floor in as fast as six hours, with AI asset training up to 4x faster. The update adds programmable robot motion, structured training setup, calibration validation, and faster neural-network training for vision-guided robotics.

The Vancouver company was co-founded by Sina Afrooze and Armin Khatoonabadi. Afrooze was a founding engineer at Avigilon, later acquired by Motorola for $1.2 billion, and contributed to the SageMaker Reinforcement Learning service at AWS.

Apera 4D Vision uses pairs of 2D cameras to build 3D understanding of a robot work area. A single Vue computer can run up to four camera pairs, prioritize pickable objects, and provide path-planning instructions through the robot controller in as little as 0.3 seconds. Forge moves training upstream, letting teams simulate cells, train neural networks through digital cycles, validate calibration, and push trained vision programs into Vue before the physical cell is fully built.

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