Vention Inc. is a cloud-based robotics and industrial automation company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 2016 by Etienne Lacroix and Max Windisch. The company operates an end-to-end Manufacturing Automation Platform (MAP) that unifies cloud engineering software, modular hardware, and physical AI, enabling manufacturers to design, simulate, order, and deploy industrial robot cells and automated machinery.
With over 28,000 machines deployed across more than 4,000 manufacturing facilities worldwide, Vention provides modular robotic equipment, linear range extenders, and pre-engineered cobot cells across North America and Europe, operating corporate facilities in Montreal and Berlin.
Vention provides turnkey automation platforms, robotic peripherals, and plug-and-play machine architecture:
- Robotic Cells & Workstations: Modular industrial workcells for Cobot Palletizing, Robotic Machine Tending, Automated Arc Welding, and Bin Picking compatible with Universal Robots, FANUC, ABB GoFa, Kinova, and Epson SCARA robots.
- Robot 7th-Axis Range Extenders: Heavy-duty motorized linear motion tracks and telescoping vertical columns extending the reachable workspace of collaborative and 6-axis industrial robot arms.
- MachineMotion AI Controller: Edge-based automation controller with integrated motor drives, safety circuits, Bell LTE cellular connectivity, and NVIDIA-accelerated computing capabilities.
- Cloud Engineering Tools: MachineBuilder (web-based 3D CAD system for automation design), MachineLogic (code-free sequence programming), and MachineAnalytics (remote line monitoring and OEE tracking).
- Structural Hardware: High-precision t-slot modular extrusions, linear actuators, conveyors, safety fencing enclosures, and robot risers engineered for heavy industrial duty cycles.
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