Orbbec displayed its robotic vision setups at Automate 2026. Courtesy of Orbbec
In Chicago this week, Orbbec unveiled its newest 3D vision offerings to keep up with rising demand for smart automation across industries. The Shenzhen-based firm noted that it has adapted its rugged 3D cameras for tough environments. Its lineup also features AI-assisted systems intended to boost robots’ ability to interpret their surroundings.
AI-powered 3D vision tackles factory-floor limitations
As factory vision systems increasingly merge with edge AI, Orbbec explained that it has paired accurate 3D hardware with a sophisticated AI model. The business asserted that this combination strengthens a robot’s awareness of space and its surroundings, helping to solve detection problems found in complicated production settings.
LingBot-Depth for Gemini 330 delivers on-device spatial awareness
Typical automation trouble spots where standard 3D cameras often fail include see-through items, bland or repetitive-textured surfaces like light walls and barriers, and shiny metallic materials. Orbbec has teamed up with Robbyant (also known as Ant Group) to launch the LingBot-Depth for Gemini 330 Series.
The two companies reported that the LingBot Enhances Depth Filter delivers major performance gains:
- Advancing large models and robotics use cases: Built using chip-level, precision data from Orbbec’s Gemini 330 cameras as the baseline input, the LingBot Enhanced Depth Filter connects with Robbyant’s proprietary vision-language-action (VLA) models. Robbyant indicated that
feeding reliable depth information into these large models markedly improves how robots grasp objects and completes tasks successfully. - Versatile dual-mode processing and NVIDIA Jetson support: According to the partners, the LingBot Enhanced Depth Filter works with passive stereo inputs and reaches peak performance with the Gemini 330 series’ active stereo input. It integrates seamlessly with NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules and can be extended through Orbbec’s software development kit (SDK). Leveraging NVIDIA CUDA and TensorRT for quicker AI processing, the solution enables on-the-spot edge-based depth cleanup, noise reduction, and detail enhancement.
- Dependable results for key applications: By providing a reliable spatial awareness, the filter enables stable on-device detection for challenging industrial tasks—such as following carton seams in logistics, aligning reflective metal parts in assembly lines, and grasping clear containers in labs.
A live demo of LingBot-Depth for Gemini 330 Series. Courtesy of Orbbec
Orbbec highlights industrial-grade systems for smarter automation
To solve pressing industrial problems in precise assembly, active warehousing, and settings prone to vibration, Orbbec hosted live demos tailored for heavy-duty applications at Automate 2026.
Configurable 3D DLP camera — accurate 3D modeling
Built for rigorous industrial inspection and assembly work, Orbbec presented its configurable 3D DLP structured light camera, achieving around 0.07 mm VDI/VDE accuracy and 0.05 mm Z-axis repeatability at 0.5 meters. Its small, light build is designed to mount easily onto robotic arms.
Beyond that, Orbbec noted that the camera produces sharp RGB imagery to assist AI-based object recognition and machine learning workflows. It also supports adaptive multi-profile shooting—featuring fast, high-reflectivity, and precision modes—giving users the flexibility to maintain both speed and 3D detail across difficult production scenarios.
The 3D DLP camera supplies data for reconstructing scenes and training AI systems. Source: Orbbec
Gemini 435Le — powerful logistics automation
Orbbec showcased a self-operating forklift driven by its newest industrial stereo 3D camera, the Gemini 435Le. By producing clean, dense depth information in ever-changing surroundings and enabling steady positioning, pathfinding, and collision prevention, the solution can accurately identify forklift tines and low-lying obstacles on the ground — boosting both workplace safety and productivity, the company stated.
The company also presented the Gemini 305g, a remarkably small stereo 3D camera built for mounting on robot arms. Seamlessly integrated with the NVIDIA Jetson Orin platform, the Gemini 305g comes with GMSL2/FAKRA connections and minimal-loss cabling, guaranteeing dependable, rapid data transfer that endures heavy mechanical shaking and electromagnetic disturbances.
Submit your session proposal for the 2026 RoboBusinessOrbbec expands its manufacturing worldwide
Orbbec reported that its 3D vision technology continues to earn recognition through installations with top-tier global automation firms. At the Automate show, Teradyne Robotics integrated Orbbec‘s Gemini 305g stereo 3D cameras into its UR AI Trainer — a system designed for capturing high-grade data needed to build advanced AI and VLA models. The trainer supports physical AI developers and manufacturers in tackling intricate manipulation challenges, such as assembling electronic components.
Orbbec also shared that it has partnered with over 1,600 robotics companies across the globe, capturing market shares above 70% in both China’s service robot vision segment (per GGII) and South Korea’s mobile robot vision segment (per Interact Analysis).
To consistently meet demand at this worldwide scale, Orbbec keeps broadening its production network. In China, Orbbec‘s smart manufacturing hub in Shunde, Foshan, offers adaptable, dependable contract manufacturing and collaborative design-for-manufacturing services.
At the same time, the forthcoming RVMC facility in Vietnam will act as the primary hub for international shipments, mirroring Orbbec‘s well-established Chinese manufacturing processes for localized large-scale production. The company maintains a U.S. office in Troy, Mich.
With its multi-location production approach, Orbbec stated its goal is to provide adaptable, trustworthy global manufacturing capacity — with yearly output surpassing 6 million robotic units — further reinforcing the supply chain stability of its customers.
Orbbec is setting up manufacturing across several locations. Source: Orbbec
