oxelSensors and Summer Robotics Partner to Revolutionize Robotics and Physically Intelligent AI during Belgian Economic Mission to the USA 2025

VoxelSensors and Summer Robotics have announced a strategic R&D and commercial partnership to create advanced perception technology for robotics. This transatlantic collaboration combines Europe’s expertise in photonic engineering with Silicon Valley’s leap in innovation in robotics and physical intelligent AI.

The partnership will integrate VoxelSensors’ LYRA sensors, which use Single Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES™) technology, with Summer Robotics’ Kortx™ AI Vision streaming system. This integration is set to create a fast, low-power, and low-latency machine vision perception system for robotics. To accelerate innovation and market entry, the companies will establish dedicated development teams in both Brussels and Silicon Valley.

“This partnership is a game-changer for sensing technology,” said Christian Mourad, VoxelSensors’ Chief Product Officer. “By combining our innovative SPAES sensing with Summer Robotics’ Kortx AI vision, we are delivering unmatched speed and precision. Together, we are leading intelligent sensing systems for Industry 5.0.”
“SPAES event sensors turbocharge our Kortx robot vision system. Robots will gain super-human dexterity, enabling them to take on new applications well beyond what human hands and eyes are capable of,” said Schuyler Cullen, CEO of Summer Robotics.

Key Technology Highlights

• VoxelSensors’ SPAES™ Technology: This breakthrough 3D sensing technology is a critical component of the LYRA sensors. It is covered by 33 patent families and delivers 10x power savings and millisecond latency. It also maintains strong performance in varying lighting conditions, helping machines understand the physical world and human behavior to advance Physical AI.

• Summer Robotics’ Kortx™ Platform: This streaming 3D vision system is designed for industrial and commercial robotics. It is the first to combine event-based sensors with continuous laser scanning to create laser-event sensing technology. The platform achieves a performance breakthrough with 10x faster response times, sub-5ms latency real-time motion perception, and continuously streaming 6D0F robot guidance, 100 micron 3D resolution, overcoming fundamental limitations of conventional frame-based machine vision solutions.