Vention Unveils AI-Driven Bin Picking Technology at NVIDIA GTC 2025

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• A demonstration of this advancement, which allows a robot to detect, select, pick, and organize parts, will take place at NVIDIA GTC this week.
• Complex plumbing components from McAlpine & Co. Ltd, a renowned British plumbing products manufacturer, will be picked and organized from a bin in a Vention work cell using an ABB GoFa™ robot equipped with a vision system and finger grippers.
• Although robots can now be programmed to pick and sort parts from unstructured bins, these custom projects are time-consuming and expensive, limiting the adoption of a technology that is in high demand due to global labor shortages.
• Vention's proprietary solution reduces cost and complexity by enabling a robotic work cell to autonomously pick and organize parts by simply uploading the part 's CAD file .
• This advancement is powered by Vention's proprietary intelligence and control technology, which leverages AI-powered hardware and NVIDIA's foundational models to address subtasks in this end-to-end process.
• Vention's MachineMotion AI controller organizes the process with precision and control, thanks to NVIDIA Jetson, the AI processor that provides the GPU-accelerated computing needed for reliable autonomy.

Vention, creator of the world's only complete software and hardware platform, will showcase its AI-driven bin picking technology at NVIDIA GTC , the premier artificial intelligence (AI) conference for developers, taking place this week.

This new AI-driven process eliminates complex and costly custom solutions that require programming, simplifying the adoption of this highly sought-after automation solution. Vention plans to commercialize its AI-driven bin picking technology later this year.

The autonomous capabilities of an ABB GoFa™ CRB 15000 robot (equipped with vision, finger grippers, and connected to a Vention MachineMotion AI controller) will be demonstrated live. Starting with a simple uploaded CAD file of the part to be processed, the robot knows how to detect, select, pick, and organize the part with speed and accuracy unmatched in the industry. This level of autonomy is possible thanks to the powerful base models.

“AI is evolving at an unprecedented pace and is helping Vention make automation even more accessible to businesses of all sizes,” said Etienne Lacroix , founder and CEO of Vention. “Our latest innovation, developed by integrating NVIDIA hardware and AI models, pushes autonomous picking beyond the limits of simple identify and pick: it adds intelligence and organization to reduce costly integration and programming time. Ultimately, picking automation will become more affordable for manufacturers.”

“Generative AI and simulation technologies have reached a tipping point to accelerate deployments of physical AI across the manufacturing process,” said Deepu Talla , vice president of robotics at NVIDIA. “With NVIDIA’s Isaac Robotics platform, Vention brings the latest advancements in AI to factories of all sizes, whether manufacturing is varied or high-volume.”

Using AI to solve real-world problems

The demonstration is part of an ongoing development project with Vention customer McAlpine & Co. Ltd, a leading UK plumbing manufacturer with over a century of expertise, which was seeking an automation solution for bin picking and loading machines.

John Gordon , Managing Director of McAlpine & Co. Ltd., said choosing automation for bin picking was a challenge for the company, despite the relative simplicity of the task. “McAlpine & Co. Ltd was looking for an automation partner we could rely on to deliver our vision of using innovative solutions that meet our rigorous quality management standards. This vision is built around a collaborative environment where machines take over labor-intensive and highly repetitive tasks, leaving our staff to focus on value-added activities. Having collaborated with Vention on our first automation project, we believe the time is right to work together to develop a cutting-edge solution for AI-assisted bin picking.”

Vention Intelligence: added value faster

Vention's MachineMotion AI controller, accelerated by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin compute platform , is the backbone of this breakthrough. It provides the real-time processing needed for large-scale autonomous bin picking. This next-generation control system surpasses the deployment times and automation capabilities of traditional programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

By integrating cutting-edge CUDA-accelerated NVIDIA Isaac AI libraries and models such as FoundationPose, Vention ensures manufacturers benefit from the latest proven AI advancements that are quickly coming to market.

Francois Giguere , Chief Technology Officer at Vention, said: “Our integration and intelligence-first strategy ensures that as new AI models emerge, we can quickly integrate them into our turnkey, customizable workcells, enabling our manufacturing customers to stay ahead of the curve.”