FingerVision
FingerVision develops vision-based tactile sensors and robotic hand systems that enable robots to grip delicate and irregularly shaped objects. Founded in 2021 in Tokyo, it serves food processing, manufacturing, and agricultural customers via direct sales, system integrator partners, and Robot-as-a-Service.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2021
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What FingerVision does
FingerVision Inc. (株式会社FingerVision) is a Japanese robotics company founded in October 2021 and headquartered in Koto-ku, Tokyo, with an R&D base in Kyoto and a Nagoya office. The company originated from university research on vision-based tactile sensing and commercializes a visual-tactile sensor (視触覚センサ) — a camera mounted inside a transparent soft skin patterned with dot markers — that derives multi-axis force distribution, slip distribution, object weight, shape, texture, and grip posture from image processing at real-time frame rates.
FingerVision's product portfolio spans components and integrated systems. At the component layer, the company sells the visual-tactile sensor module and a visual-tactile robot hand with a customizable finger lineup (four standard types — Cyl1 for cylindrical parts, SS2 for narrow spaces, α on β for grip-force transmission, M6 for fragile foods — plus silicone-skin and metal surface options), and supports connectivity to multiple robot brands (FANUC CRX, Yaskawa HC10, Universal Robots e-series, Techman TM, Neura Robotics) via Modbus/TCP. At the system layer, FingerVision builds and sells purpose-built robots including the CES 2025 Innovation Award-winning FingerVision R1 platform, multi-variety food tray-filling robots, fryer-loading robots, lettuce harvesting robots for plant factories, and dishwashing robots co-developed with Yoshinoya.
The business model combines one-time hardware sales (sensors, robot hands, complete systems), a Robot-as-a-Service subscription starting at ¥250,000/month with zero initial cost, and a paid proof-of-concept service (first two sessions free; ¥199,000/session thereafter). Go-to-market is hybrid: direct enterprise sales to Japanese food manufacturers and restaurant chains, plus the FV+ Partner Program that certifies 10+ robot system integrators for deployment across automotive, electronics, semiconductor, logistics, healthcare, food, and agricultural verticals. Named commercial deployments include Yoshinoya (~1,200 stores target), Hirai Corporation, Home Delica (bento tray filling), and Plantex (plant-factory lettuce harvesting), with over 1,200 inbound inquiries recorded in the year preceding 2024.
FingerVision firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- FingerVision
- Legal name
- 株式会社 FingerVision
- Website
- https://fingervision.jp
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2021
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- FingerVision develops vision-based tactile sensors and robotic hand systems that enable robots to grip delicate and irregularly shaped objects. Founded in 2021 in Tokyo, it serves food processing, manufacturing, and agricultural customers via direct sales, system integrator partners, and Robot-as-a-Service.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
FingerVision industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Robotics Sensors and End-Effectors
- NAICS
- Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)
- SIC
- General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Industrial Robots (Articulated, SCARA, Delta, Cartesian) (IMAHAHAA), Agricultural & Field Robotics (HDAAAIAD), Robotic Implements, End-Effectors & Tooling (Grippers, cutters, weeding tools, smart implements) (AFAAAGAI)
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Where FingerVision is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices3 records
Markets served
FingerVision business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Component Business — Tactile Sensors and Robot Hands: Sale of FingerVision tactile sensors and visual-tactile robot hands (end-effectors) as individual components. Finger types include Cyl1, SS2, α on β, M6, and custom options. The company also sells electric grippers, control PCs, and sensor modules separately. Sensors are available in Parallel and Angle camera types.
- Application Business — Robot Systems: Complete robot system sales and deployment including multi-species food tray-filling robots, fry-frying robot systems, lettuce harvesting robots, and dishwashing robots. Systems are sold as turnkey solutions deployed at customer factories. A Robot as a Service (RaaS) subscription model is also offered.
- Robot as a Service (RaaS): Monthly subscription model for food filling and fry-frying robot systems starting at ¥250,000/month. Includes zero initial cost, maintenance/support, and consumables. Customers can start with a verification period then switch to full deployment (1 year+). Buyout option available after subscription. Covers food filling robots and fry-frying robots, with dual-use ('two-sword') usage of one robot for both tasks.
- Proof of Concept (PoC) Service: Customers can access PoC verification services using FingerVision's tactile technology without purchasing hardware. First 2 sessions are free; subsequent sessions cost ¥199,000/session (basic course). Deliverables include verification reports and videos for internal approval and budget acquisition.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | Robot as a Service (RaaS) — monthly subscription for food filling or fry-frying robot systems |
| Hybrid | Pay-as-you-go | PoC Service — proof of concept for automation feasibility verification |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Visual-tactile sensor and robot hand components (sensor, electric gripper, control PC bundle) |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
FingerVision product offering
Product offeringCore offering
FingerVision develops and sells vision-based tactile sensors and robot hands that allow industrial robots to detect force, slip, weight, shape, texture, and position in real time. It integrates these sensors into complete robotic systems (such as the FingerVision R1) and into application-specific robots for food serving, fryer loading, lettuce harvesting, and dishwashing, sold either directly or through a Robot-as-a-Service subscription to enterprise customers. The company also operates the FV+ Partner Program for robot system integrators and provides proof-of-concept services.
Product overview
FingerVision's product portfolio centers on its visual-tactile sensor technology — a camera-based tactile sensor that perceives force, slip, weight, shape, texture, and position from images. The core product line consists of the visual-tactile sensor component and the visual-tactile robot hand (with multiple finger types: Cyl1, SS2, α on β, M6, and customization options). The company integrates these sensors into complete robotic systems including the FingerVision R1 (an award-winning integrated tactile robotic system), multi-variety food serving robots, fryer loading robots, vegetable harvesting robots for plant factories, and dish washing robots for restaurant chains. FingerVision also offers a PoC service, a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscription plan starting at 250,000 JPY/month, and a FV+ partner program for robot system integrators. Applications span food processing, agriculture, automotive, electronics, materials, semiconductors, logistics, and healthcare. The company targets both direct customers and robot system integrator partners through its SIer partner program.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Visual-Tactile Sensor (視触覚センサ) A camera-based tactile sensor using a transparent soft skin with embedded dot markers that perceives force distribution (x, y, z axes), slip distribution, weight, shape, texture, position, and foreign objects via image processing. Sold as a component to robot manufacturers, integrators, and R&D teams.
- Visual-Tactile Robot Hand (視触覚ロボットハンド) A robot end-effector (robot hand) equipped with FingerVision's visual-tactile sensor in four finger types — Cyl1 (curved for cylindrical workpieces), SS2 (ultra-thin for small workspaces), α on β (improved grip force transmission), and M6 (cup-shaped for fragile foods) — with optional silicone or metal skin and configurable sensing modalities. Sold to automation teams and integrators.
- FingerVision R1 An integrated tactile robotic system combining the FingerVision visual-tactile sensor with robot hardware, image processing, robot control, motion planning, tactile sensing, tactile manipulation, machine learning, and reinforcement learning. Sold as a complete robotic system to automotive, electronics, materials, semiconductor, logistics, healthcare, food, and agriculture customers.
- Multi-Variety Food Serving Robot System (多品種盛付ロボット) A robot system that automatically serves/loads multi-variety food items into bento boxes and side dishes, handling irregularly shaped and fragile items via slip detection and force control. Compatible with 6-axis vertical articulated robots and SCARA robots. Targets food factories and bento/deli manufacturers.
- Fryer Loading Robot (フライ投入ロボット) A robot system that automatically loads food items into commercial fryers using visual-tactile sensing to handle fragile, hot, and monotonous fryer-loading tasks. Targets food factories and food-service operators.
- Vegetable Harvesting Robot for Plant Factories A robot that automatically cuts, grasps, and transfers leafy greens (e.g., lettuce) inside artificial-light plant factories, using visual-tactile sensing to handle soft, irregularly shaped plants with individual variation. Targets plant factory operators.
- Dish Washing Robot for Yoshinoya (食器洗浄ロボット) A robot system that retrieves dirty dishes from soak tanks, handles various dish types with slip detection, and loads them into dishwashing racks using visual-tactile sensing. Co-developed with Yoshinoya Holdings for beef-bowl restaurant chains.
- Visual-Tactile Hand PoC Service (視触覚ハンド PoCサービス) A paid proof-of-concept service that lets enterprises run automation feasibility studies using FingerVision's tactile sensors and robot hands without buying hardware. The first two sessions are free; subsequent basic sessions cost ¥199,000 each (excluding tax). Deliverables include verification reports and videos.
- Robot as a Service (RaaS) — Food Serving and Fryer Loading Robots A robot-as-a-service subscription for food serving and fryer loading robots starting at ¥250,000/month with zero initial cost, including maintenance/support and consumables. Customers begin with a verification period, then move to a 1-year+ subscription or buy the robot. Targets food factories and food-service operators wanting low-barrier adoption.
- Bulk Picking Package (バラ積みピッキングパッケージ) A bundled solution including sample programs and consulting for picking randomly stacked workpieces or food items from bins using visual-tactile sensing. Supports weight deviation and off-center grasping without complex gripper design. Targets logistics, food, manufacturing, and medical applications.
Quantifiable outcome
- Labor productivity improvement of 101.7% at Yoshinoya JR Kanda store during peak hours — racking operation time reduced from 523 seconds to 289 seconds.
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Companies that use FingerVision
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
FingerVision technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability7 records
Feature6 records
FingerVision partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Plantex Inc. (株式会社プランテックス)corePlantex commissioned FingerVision to develop an automatic leafy green harvesting robot for artificial light plant factories. FingerVision's visual-tactile technology was used to handle delicate lettuce — cutting, gripping, and transferring to trays/conveyors with high success rates. A symbol of technology-capital fusion and new value creation.
- METALEX Thailand Exhibition (Southeast Asia Market)minorParticipation in METALEX 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand — Southeast Asia's largest machine tools and metalworking exhibition. Main theme: advancing automation in Thailand's food industry. FingerVision showcased visual-tactile sensor robot hands for Thai market, targeting Japanese companies with manufacturing presence in Thailand and local Thai distributors.
- NEDO Consortium — Joint Robotics Development (川崎重工業, NTTビジネスソリューションズ, ダイヘン, 安川電機, ヤマハ発動機, ugo)coreSeven company consortium including Kawasaki Heavy Industries, NTT Business Solutions, Daihen, Yaskawa Electric, Yamaha Motor, ugo, and FingerVision selected for NEDO's 'Post-5G Information Communication System Infrastructure Strengthening R&D / Robotics Software Development Platform' program. Project period 2025-2027. Aims to create a robot-agnostic co-creation platform for accelerating robot adoption in underserved long-tail markets.
- San Estech Co., Ltd. (株式会社サンエステック)minorSan Estech, a mechanical equipment manufacturer specializing in automated and labor-saving devices and jigs, is a partner in the FV+ Program. Specializes in design proposal from specification-less conceptual stages, with in-house design to assembly and adjustment for short delivery and high quality.
- FV+ Program — Robot System IntegratorscoreFV+ Program with over 10 robot system integrators including I.M. PACK (Hokkaido), HCI (Osaka), Evolut (Kumamoto), Kyoritsu Electric (Shizuoka), Sanmei Machinery (Shizuoka), Yanagihara Mechax (Shizuoka), Kondo Seisakusho (Aichi), Knowledge Creation Technology (Tokyo), Nichiei Kikoh (Aichi), Flare Original (Nagano), and Yanagihara Mecax (Shizuoka). Many are members of the Japan Robot System Integrator Association (FAROBOTS). Joint marketing, shared sales leads, PoC through system implementation.
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) — CES2025 Japan PavilionminorWith JETRO support, FingerVision exhibited at the Japan Pavilion at CES2025 in Las Vegas, showcasing the FingerVision R1 system to international markets. Part of global market expansion strategy.
- Ishida Co., Ltd. (株式会社イシダ)minorCollaboration at FOOMA JAPAN 2024 where Ishida, in combination with Yaskawa Electric and FingerVision, demonstrated an automated production line featuring a pasta weighing machine and FingerVision's karaage (fried chicken) filling robot.
- Yoshinoya Holdings (株式会社吉野家)coreJoint development contract signed in March 2024 to automate dishwashing operations at Yoshinoya beef bowl restaurants using FingerVision's visual-tactile robot hands. The project targets the challenging task of extracting dirty dishes from soak tanks in approximately 1,200 Yoshinoya stores. Proof of concept showed 101.7% labor productivity improvement at the JR Kanda store pilot.
- Multiple Robot Manufacturers (FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, Universal Robots, Techman Robot, Neura Robotics)coreFingerVision's tactile sensors are compatible with multiple robot brands via Modbus/TCP interface, including FANUC CRX, Yaskawa Electric HC10, Universal Robots e-series, Techman Robot TM Series, and Neura Robotics. This multi-robot connectivity enables broad market applicability across different customer environments.
- Japan Ready-to-Eat Food Association / METI — Innovative Robot R&D Program (食品分野)coreSelected as a top technology vendor partner in METI's FY2023 'Innovative Robot R&D Infrastructure Construction Project (Food Sector)'. Led by Japan Ready-to-Eat Food Association with 8 retail/food companies and 16 robot technology vendors. FingerVision contributes its tactile hand technology as the key end-effector solution for multi-species food handling automation.
- Techsauce Global Summit 2023 (Thailand)minorExhibited at Techsauce Global Summit 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asian tech ecosystem outreach and market development event.
- Yamanishi Corporation (株式会社山善)minorCollaboration at FOOMA JAPAN 2023 where Yamanishi exhibited FingerVision's bento/deli multi-species tray-filling robot as part of a fully automated production line solution — from tray supply through filling to inspection. End-to-end food processing automation collaboration.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
FingerVision competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Robotiq: Major supplier of robotic grippers and force-torque sensors for cobots, serving manufacturing customers globally. Comparable as an end-effector vendor with similar universal robots and plug-and-play integration approach.
- OnRobot: Established global vendor of robot end-effectors (grippers, sensors, vision) for collaborative robots. Competes in the same end-effector category as FingerVision but with a broader portfolio rather than tactile-sensor specialization.
- SCHUNK: Large German industrial gripper and automation component manufacturer with global reach. Comparable as a gripper/end-effector vendor serving automotive, electronics, and manufacturing customers.
Direct peers
- Tekscan: Manufacturer of high-resolution pressure and tactile sensing systems for industrial and medical applications. Comparable in force/pressure sensing technology that competes for robotic gripper sensing applications.
- GelSight: US-based leader in vision-based tactile sensing with commercial products for industrial inspection and robotics. Directly competes with FingerVision on camera-based tactile sensor technology targeting similar robotics end-effector applications.
- Soft Robotics Inc. Developer of soft, compliant grippers specifically targeting food handling, packaging, and irregular-object applications. Direct competitor in FingerVision's primary vertical of delicate food automation.
- Contactile: Developer of tactile sensor technology (including vision-based optical tactile sensors) for robotic grippers. Closely comparable in core technology approach and target use cases of dexterous manipulation.
- XELA Robotics: Provides high-density 3D tactile sensors for robotic hands with software for slip and force detection. Comparable to FingerVision's tactile sensing value proposition for dexterous robotic manipulation.
- SynTouch (Meta): Pioneer in biomimetic tactile sensors for robotics (now part of Meta's robotics efforts). Directly comparable as a tactile-sensing technology provider serving robotic manipulation customers.
Others
- FANUC: Global industrial robot manufacturer and FingerVision integration partner (CRX series). Not a direct competitor but a key ecosystem relationship; FANUC's own sensor/gripper development could pose a long-term competitive threat.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
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FingerVision leadership team
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Profiles2 records
FingerVision funding detail
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Funding rounds1 record
Investors2 records
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FingerVision M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about FingerVision
What does FingerVision do?
FingerVision develops and sells vision-based tactile sensors and robot hands that allow industrial robots to detect force, slip, weight, shape, texture, and position in real time. It integrates these sensors into complete robotic systems (such as the FingerVision R1) and into application-specific robots for food serving, fryer loading, lettuce harvesting, and dishwashing, sold either directly or through a Robot-as-a-Service subscription to enterprise customers. The company also operates the FV+ Partner Program for robot system integrators and provides proof-of-concept services.
Is FingerVision a public or private company?
FingerVision is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was FingerVision founded?
FingerVision was founded in 2021. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is FingerVision based?
FingerVision is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does FingerVision make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Component Business — Tactile Sensors and Robot Hands are the primary driver. The others are application Business — Robot Systems, robot as a Service (RaaS) and proof of Concept (PoC) Service.
Who are FingerVision's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Robotiq, OnRobot and SCHUNK. Direct peers are Tekscan, GelSight, Soft Robotics Inc., Contactile, XELA Robotics and SynTouch (Meta). FANUC is listed as an others.
Does FingerVision have an API?
No public API is recorded for FingerVision.
What industry is FingerVision in?
FingerVision's product category is Industrial Robotics Sensors and End-Effectors. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAIAL, Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors), with a secondary code of IMAHAHAA, Industrial Robots (Articulated, SCARA, Delta, Cartesian). Its NAICS code is 334519 and its SIC code is 3560.