Insider Brief
- Locus Robotics has acquired Nexera Robotics as the company expands its warehouse automation platform with AI-driven robotic grasping and manipulation capabilities.
- Nexera’s NeuraGrasp technology is designed to help robots handle a wider range of inventory types, including irregular products, textiles, soft packaging and delicate goods.
- The acquisition strengthens the capabilities of Locus Array, with Nexera’s technology expected to be integrated into deployments in the coming months as the full team joins Locus Robotics.
Locus Robotics has acquired Vancouver-based Nexera Robotics as the warehouse automation company moves deeper into AI-driven robotic picking and manipulation. The company said the deal brings Nexera’s NeuraGrasp technology into Locus’ broader physical AI platform as the company expands the capabilities of its Locus Array fulfillment system.
“The frontier of warehouse robotics today is AI-driven mobile manipulation at enterprise scale,” said Locus Robotcs CEO Rick Faulk. “Being able to efficiently grasp millions of SKU types with both speed and precision is where the next decade of value gets created. Nexera has built something technically significant in that space, and combining it with Locus Array puts us at the forefront of leveling up mobile manipulation across the industry.”
According to Locus Robotics, the acquisition is aimed at improving one of warehouse automation’s more difficult problems: handling the variety and unpredictability of real inventory. Nexera’s grasping system combines AI, computer vision and adaptive gripping technology designed to help robots handle a wider range of products, including irregular items, textiles, soft packaging and delicate goods.
“We built NeuraGrasp to solve the manipulation challenges that have held robotic picking back for years,” Nexera Robotics CEO Roy Belak noted. “Joining Locus Robotics gives us the platform, scale, and customer base to bring this breakthrough technology into the high-velocity fulfillment environments it was designed for, where speed, reliability, and real-world adaptability matter most.”
The acquisition follows Locus Array’s launch earlier this year and broadens the platform’s reach across fulfillment operations. Under the deal, Nexera Robotics will become a wholly owned part of Locus Robotics and its technology will be integrated into customer deployments in the coming months. The full Nexera team and leadership will join Locus as part of the acquisition.
