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Founded in 2014 by Dr. Jared Glover and Mark Schnepf, CapSen began with a fundamental challenge in robotics: helping machines understand the precise position and orientation of objects in 3D space. The company grew out of Jared’s PhD research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he developed advanced mathematical approaches for robotic perception and 3D orientation estimation.
Today, our software enables robots to identify, grasp, and place parts accurately in cluttered, unstructured environments where traditional automation struggles. We help manufacturers automate tasks that require human-like perception and precision.
The name CapSen comes from Capio Sensus - Latin for “to grasp through perception.” It reflects both our mission and our technology: giving robots the ability to “see” their environment well enough to perform useful work reliably in real-world factory conditions.
From the beginning, CapSen was built not just on cutting-edge computer vision research, but on production-grade reliability. Our systems are designed to run continuously on factory floors, handling the complexity, variability, and unpredictability of real manufacturing environments.
Over the past decade, we’ve worked closely with industrial customers to transform research into robust automation solutions used in production every day.
Robots should be able to perceive the world as intelligently as they act within it. That belief continues to drive everything we build.
For a deeper look at how CapSen started, from MIT research and robot ping pong to factory-floor automation, read the full story from our CEO.