Vathos GmbH
AI-powered 3D vision software for robot bin picking and depalletizing; TUM spin-out using deep learning for unstructured object handling.
Vathos GmbH is an AI-driven machine vision software company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, at Graf-Adolf-Strasse 41. The company was co-founded by Dr. Jonathan Balzer and Dr. Nicolas March and develops software that enables industrial robots to recognize, localize, and handle parts in unstructured environments such as bulk bins filled with randomly oriented components. Vathos combines classical computer vision algorithms with artificial intelligence to determine grasp points for robotic manipulators, with deployment options on an industrial edge PC, in the cloud, or as a hybrid combination of both, making it flexible for a range of factory IT environments and network security policies.
The company's core product supports three primary object-handling modes: bin picking, contour picking, and plane picking, covering the most common unstructured part-presentation scenarios encountered in discrete manufacturing automation. Bin picking allows robots to extract parts directly from bins filled with bulk material without requiring component-specific part carriers, eliminating manual reloading steps while maintaining high transport density. Vathos software is compatible with major 3D camera systems including Ensenso via a certified integration partnership with Optonic, Zivid, Mech-Mind, and Wenglor, making the platform hardware-agnostic and deployable alongside automation integrators' preferred sensor hardware. The company demonstrated its bin picking algorithms at Hannover Messe 2025, where the software was shown operating within a Dell-hosted bin picking cell.
Beyond bin picking, Vathos also provides inline thermographic inspection capabilities, using infrared sensors during robot handling to detect temperature deviations and defects such as underfilling, missing components, or faults in cooling circuits, adding quality control functionality to the same robot cell used for part handling. The software is designed for integration into existing robot cells across manufacturing environments including automotive supply, metal processing, and general assembly automation, without requiring replacement of existing robot controllers or camera hardware. Object recognition functions span rigid part detection in both 2D and 3D image data, and the edge-deployable architecture supports real-time decision-making within robot controller cycle times.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Vathos Vision API
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Contact Vathos GmbH
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https://www.vathos.aiPHONE
491742866400HEADQUARTERS
Germany
Company Facts
Founded
2020
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Software/Algorithm
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Europe
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