Vention and OnRobot Partner to Bring a One-Stop-Shop for Cobot Applications to Manufacturers Globally

Vention's online-first manufacturing automation platform (MAP) empowers some of the world's most innovative manufacturers to design, automate, order and deploy factory equipment in a single digital environment. With the addition of OnRobot’s plug-and-play tools for collaborative and light industrial robotic arms, manufacturing professionals can focus on scaling production with greater flexibility and efficiency.

Vention, a manufacturing automation platform (MAP), today announced its partnership with OnRobot, which makes tools for collaborative applications. This partnership combines Vention's online-first manufacturing automation platform with OnRobot's library of plug-and-play end-of-arm tools to accelerate the design and deployment of end-to-end cobot applications.


"The combination of Vention's superb MAP platform and OnRobot's ever-expanding, award winning range of no fuss tools for collaborative applications will empower users to design and deploy advanced automation with unprecedented ease."

Vention's MAP provides users with the engineering software and modular hardware they need to design, automate, order, and deploy factory equipment in a single digital environment. With thousands of modular parts, smart design tools, and real-time pricing, factory equipment can be designed in minutes—from anywhere, on any web browser. With the addition of OnRobot's plug-and-play tools for collaborative and light industrial robotics, manufacturing professionals can focus on scaling production with greater flexibility and efficiency.

The combination of offerings makes it even easier to automate tasks like machine tending, material handling, material removal and assembly. With solutions for grippers—parallel, flexible, magnetic, and vacuum alike—as well as vision cameras, sanding tools, screwdriving tools, and more, the application possibilities have now been significantly expanded.

"We're thrilled to be working with OnRobot to offer a range of industry-leading cobot solutions," says Patrick Tawagi, Director of Application Development at Vention. "OnRobot's suite of grippers and end-of-arm tools covers almost every application in the cobot market, and their straightforward interface combined with Vention's platform makes them incredibly easy to deploy."

"OnRobot's exciting partnership with Vention will make it easier than ever for companies of all sizes and skill levels to deploy collaborative automation," says Kristian Hulgard, General Manager of the Americas division at OnRobot. "The combination of Vention's superb MAP platform and OnRobot's ever-expanding, award winning range of no fuss tools for collaborative applications will empower users to design and deploy advanced automation with unprecedented ease."

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About Vention

Vention helps some of the most innovative manufacturers automate their production floors in just a few days. Vention's online-first manufacturing automation platform lets clients design, program, order, and commission automated equipment directly from their web browsers. Vention is headquartered in Montreal, Canada and is used in over 1,200 factories on five continents. To learn more, visit vention.io or follow us on LinkedIn.

About OnRobot

OnRobot product range features a wide assortment of tools for collaborative applications, including: electric, vacuum and magnetic grippers, the award-winning Gecko gripping technology, force/torque sensors, a 2.5D vision system, screwdriver, sander kits and tool changers. This new combination of offerings from OnRobot makes it quicker and simpler to automate tasks such as packaging, quality control, materials handling, machine tending, packaging, assembly, and surface finishing. Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, OnRobot also has offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Soest (Germany), Barcelona, Warsaw, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore and Budapest. To learn more, visit onrobot.com

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