Locus Robotics announced it has acquired Nexera Robotics, a Vancouver-based robotics company specializing in advanced robotic grasping technology. The acquisition expands Locus Robotics’ autonomous mobile manipulation capabilities through the integration of Nexera’s patented NeuraGrasp™ technology into the company’s physical AI platform.
The acquisition is designed to strengthen the capabilities of the Locus Array platform, which formally launched at MODEX 2026 and was recognized as a top-three finalist for Best New Innovation among more than 200 submissions. Locus Array is already live in customer deployments, and the addition of NeuraGrasp is expected to significantly broaden the range of SKU categories and manipulation tasks the platform can autonomously handle.
According to the companies, advanced mobile manipulation represents a major opportunity in warehouse automation because it removes the need for fixed infrastructure while enabling more flexible and scalable fulfillment operations. However, achieving fully autonomous fulfillment requires robotic systems capable of handling millions of SKU types in real warehouse conditions. Nexera’s NeuraGrasp technology was developed to address those challenges.
NeuraGrasp combines AI-driven grasping intelligence, onboard sensory inputs, computer vision, and a patented soft membrane structure that dynamically adapts to different products. The technology enables a single robotic gripper to handle inventory with varying shapes, textures, materials, porosity, and weight. The system has been refined through six generations of development over five years and validated through thousands of hours and tens of millions of robotic picks.
The technology is intended to help Locus Array autonomously pick products including porous textiles, loosely bagged items, perforated polybags, irregular packages, delicate goods, contoured products, small items, and products with inconsistent surfaces or thin packaging.
As part of the transaction, Nexera Robotics will operate as a wholly owned business within Locus Robotics. The full Nexera team and leadership will join Locus Robotics to accelerate the integration of NeuraGrasp into the Locus Array platform and roadmap. The acquisition also strengthens Locus Robotics’ intellectual property portfolio in AI-driven manipulation and robotic end-effectors.
Locus Robotics currently supports more than 150 retail, healthcare, third-party logistics, and industrial brands across more than 350 sites globally through its Robots-as-a-Service model.
KEY QUOTES:
“The frontier of warehouse robotics today is AI-driven mobile manipulation at enterprise scale. 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.”
Rick Faulk, CEO, Locus Robotics
“We built NeuraGrasp to solve the manipulation challenges that have held robotic picking back for years. 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.”
Roy Belak, CEO, Nexera Robotics
