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COGNEX NEWS RELEASE Cognex to Acquire RealSense , Expanding Machine Vision Leadership into High - Growth Robotic Perception Market 2026-09-22 Acquisition adds leading 3D robotic perception platform , expands Cognex's served market , and supports long - term growth diversification NATICK , Mass . and CUPERTINO , Calif . , Sept. 22 , 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Cognex Corporation ( NASDAQ : CGNX ) , the global technology leader in industrial machine vision , today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RealSense , the market leader in depth - sensing cameras and vision technology for robotic perception and Physical Al . The acquisition advances Cognex's strategy to diversify its growth engine by entering the robotic perception market , a high - growth adjacency that expands its served market opportunity . " RealSense represents a compelling strategic expansion for Cognex into robotic perception , one of the most attractive adjacent markets in machine vision , " said Matt Moschner , President and Chief Executive Officer of Cognex . " RealSense brings a leading 3D perception platform with proprietary technology , a strong developer community and a compelling value proposition for customers . Combined with Cognex's machine vision expertise and global reach , RealSense positions us to offer a full - stack visual intelligence platform , spanning industrial ID , 2D and 3D machine vision measurement to 3D depth perception and robotic navigation , built to serve the full spectrum of Physical Al . " " RealSense was built on a simple idea : robots and autonomous systems can't act intelligently in the physical world if they can't first perceive it accurately . We've called that mission the Visual Cortex of Physical Al . Joining Cognex puts that mission on an entirely new scale , giving us access to a global industrial customer base and go - to - market reach that would have taken us years to build on our own . This is a combination that makes both businesses stronger , " said Nadav Orbach , Chief Executive Officer of RealSense . Originally founded by Intel in 2014 and spun out in 2025 , RealSense has established a leading position in 3D robotic 1