Capio Robotics
Soft on food.
Strong on performance.
Adaptive gripper with sensory feedback and fast robot/cobot integration. Sensor fusion and 3D vision for irregular shapes and wet surfaces.
Robotics for handling delicate foodstuffs
Capio Robotics develops soft robotics solutions designed to pick up and handle fresh produce without damaging it, increasing the efficiency of processing and packaging lines. Our platform integrates proprietary soft grippers, sensor fusion, and 3D vision that recognises a product’s shape and position, adapts its grip in real time whilst maintaining high levels of productivity even when handling fragile or irregular foodstuffs.
Soft grippers. Strong results.
Our grippers and controls are designed to work in fresh-food packaging segments as found in the indoor/vertical farming sectors, where hygienic, washable environments that are compliant with all industry standards are required. Fast integration with existing robots/cobots and islands or time-to-value pilot projects.
The Problem
Handling fresh produce is expensive and difficult to scale.
Many processing and packaging stages in the agro-food sector still require manual operations. Irregular produce (shapes, surfaces and ripeness), seasonal peaks and requirements for high levels of hygiene make traditional automation ineffective: rigid grippers cause micro-damage, vacuum-suction solutions are not always effective on wet or porous surfaces, whilst human error can generate waste and slowdowns.
The Solution
Sensorized Soft Robotic Gripper with 3D Vision
Capio Robotics introduces an Integrated Robotic Platform designed to handle fresh foodstuffs delicately with industrial repeatability. The proprietary soft grippers combined with sensor fusion and 3D vision enables the system to recognise the product’s position/orientation, “feel” the contact and adapt its grip in real time.
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Soft Grippers Portfolio
Soft, modular fingers with dedicated profiles for different categories.
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Sensor Fusion
Force/contact/deformation feedback to close the control loop and reduce micro-damage.
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3D Vision
Shape and position detection for precise picking on belts, crates or trays.
Key gripper functions
Payload Pre-shaping with grip pre-modelling based on shape/weight.
Variable Stiffness balances delicacy and stability.
Soft Fingers provide highly controlled grip on wet or delicate surfaces.
Key benefits
Reduced waste and less micro-damage to fresh produce
Consistent grip quality thanks to closed-loop sensory feedback
Increased productivity and operational continuity across multiple shifts
Applications
Where Capio makes a difference:
- Harvesting & Sorting
- Packaging
- Handling foodstuffs with wet and delicate surfaces
Benefits
Capio brings reliable automation to the most delicate situations, with fast, scalable integration:
- Reduced waste and fewer returns thanks to controlled gripping
- Increased productivity with stable cycles even on irregular products
- Operational flexibility: fast product/recipe changeover
- Improved safety and hygiene: washable surfaces and food-grade materials
- Scalability: from pilot to full production with plug-and-play integration
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