Octinion

Name

Octinion

Legal name

Octinion

Website

https://octinion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Heverlee-Leuven

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. R&D Project Development: Fixed-price mechatronic product development projects for clients across agriculture, food, and industry sectors. Projects range from concept to production, with open innovation model allowing risk-sharing with customers.
2. Custom Test & Measurement Solutions: Custom designed mechatronic systems ranging from general purpose configurations to fully custom solutions with custom mechanics, electronics and software. Makes use of standard software and hardware components.
3. OEM Components Sales: Manufacture and sale of mechatronic OEM components (like Dribble) for machine manufacturers, available as white label products.
4. Measurement Services: Measurement campaign support including concept to execution, instrumentation, sensor rental and purchase. Customers can perform measurements themselves with support or have Octinion execute.
5. ITM Suite Products: Sale of INDAQ hardware systems, INDATA software, and DataManager web-based processing platform for test and measurement applications.
6. Agricultural Robotics Products: Sale of agricultural robots including Rubion (strawberry picking), Curion (scouting), Lumion (UV lighting), Fluxion (logistics), Xenion (indoor platform), Titanion (outdoor platform).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Octinion is an innovative R&D company that designs, develops and manufactures mechatronic products and systems applied to biological material. Its portfolio spans proprietary agricultural robots (Rubion strawberry picker, Curion scouting, Lumion UV-C, Fluxion logistics, Xenion indoor platform, Titanion outdoor platform), autonomous navigation platforms (Dribble), test and measurement hardware (Columbus Egg Tester, Laser Scan, ITM Suite with INDAQ/INDATA/DataManager), and engineering services for custom mechatronic development, measurement solutions, data analysis and measurement campaigns.

Product overview

Octinion is an innovative R&D company specializing in mechatronic product development applied to biological material. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: Agricultural Robotics (Rubion, Curion, Lumion, Fluxion, Xenion, Titanion), Test & Measurement Solutions (ITM Suite comprising INDAQ hardware, INDATA software, DataManager; plus Explore Series products Columbus Egg Tester and Laser Scan), and Manufacturing (Dribble autonomous platform). Services include mechatronic product development, custom test & measurement solutions, data analysis & algorithm development, and measurement services. The company operates through open innovation partnerships and focuses on agriculture, food, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kompano: Joint venture with Priva combining horticultural robotics activities, including strawberry picking robot Rubion and UV-C robot Lumion
• Octinion Agriculture
• Octinion Technology Group

Products and services

• Rubion World's first autonomous strawberry picking robot that navigates through crops, detects ripe strawberries using computer vision, picks without bruising, and sorts them by weight into punnets. Includes harvest prediction and precision farming capabilities; designed for horticultural growers.
• Curion Autonomous scouting implement that monitors crop state and provides data on ripeness categories, supporting high-quality harvest forecasting for strawberry and other horticultural operations.
• Lumion UV-C lighting implement that fights powdery mildew on strawberries by exploiting fungus-specific DNA absorption of UV-C light, avoiding damage to the crop and decreasing pesticide residue for strawberry growers.
• Fluxion Logistics implement for autonomous exchange of full and empty crates, fully compatible with Rubion and including cooling capabilities and high handling speed to extend shelf life of produce.
• Xenion Modular indoor automation platform suited for farms, supporting rails, no rails, or a combination, operating fully autonomously using beacon technology for localization in greenhouse environments.
• Titanion Rugged outdoor modular automation platform for open terrain, available in 2- or 4-wheel drive, with GPS or beacon-based localization and variable width for any outdoor growing system; compatible with all Octinion implements.
• Columbus Egg Tester Lab-scale device for non-destructive quality measurement of eggs combining acoustic resonance analysis, shell strength measurement (Kdyn), automatic crack detection, and measurement of egg weight, volume, shape, and color; available in BASIC, PLUS, and VISION versions. Targets egg producers and quality labs.
• Laser Scan Tool for accurate measurement of sample diameter (wire, cable, rod) as a function of rotation and sensor position, based on laser micrometer with 0.5 µm accuracy; can scan samples up to 300 mm with 50 µm steps and rotate samples at 0.1° accuracy.
• Dribble Control hardware enabling platforms to navigate autonomously through an indoor GPS system using local beacons, with centimeter precision and no structural changes required; available as an OEM component or complete platform for integrators and machine manufacturers.
• INDAQ Modular, flexible system of front-ends and supporting hardware for signal conditioning, monitoring, and power supply; configurable 19-inch rack system for analog and digital acquisition as well as compact standalone battery-powered systems, built on National Instruments cards.
• INDATA Software layer on top of INDAQ that enables measurement campaign definition without programming experience, supporting clocked/triggered analog/digital input, CAN busses, and automatic integration with DataManager.
• DataManager Web-based tool for experiment configuration, data processing and storage that automates acquisition, management and preprocessing of measurement data, with export to Matlab and other third-party tools; ideal for cloud-based automatic monitoring applications.
• Mechatronic Product Development Full-service R&D partnership for technological innovation applied to biological materials, using an open innovation model that shares technological and commercial risk (through success fee or royalty) with customers; covers concept to production.
• Custom Test & Measurement Solutions Custom-designed mechatronic measurement systems ranging from general-purpose configurations to fully custom solutions with bespoke mechanics, electronics and software; uses standard software and hardware components to control costs.
• Data Analysis & Algorithm Development Full-service offering in process modeling, sensor fusion, and control algorithms, provided as consultant, component supplier, or development partner for industrial R&D customers.
• Measurement Services Measurement campaign services from concept to execution, including instrumentation (sensor mounting, strain gauge technology), sensor selection, rental or purchase, experiment definition, measurement execution and data analysis using the ITM Suite.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bale weighing accuracy of 2%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• PrivaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2021Priva and Octinion merged their horticultural robotics activities under the Kompano flag in September 2021. Priva contributed a leaf-cutting robot for tomato cultivation while Octinion contributed strawberry picking robot and UV-C robot. Combined to create a leading horticultural robotics company. Tom Coen serves as CEO of Kompano.
• Fresh ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2020Strawberry breeding company joined consortium to align Rubion's picking method directly to different strawberry breeds. Project supported by European Union to improve ripeness detection and disease detection through expanded scouting methods.
• CIMAT Consortium Partners (ILVO, Inagro, KU Leuven, Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Delphy, PCFruit, University College Roosevelt, Compas Agro, Vanhoucke Machine Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2020CIMAT (Catalyst for Innovative Mechatronic in Agricultural Technology) is an Interreg Flanders-Netherlands project focusing on small-scale multi-purpose robots. Octinion continues Titanion outdoor platform development. Project aims for sustainable agriculture through electrically powered modular robots.
• Van den AkkercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2019Collaboration on Modular AGV (Autonomous Guided Vehicles) project. Development of prototypes for bakeries and strawberry greenhouses to automate and robotize manual work. Both companies face similar automation challenges in different sectors.
• Meteor SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2019Collaboration on Future of Strawberry Cultivation project (Interreg) to innovate greenhouse automation. Octinion focuses on greenhouse automation while Meteor Systems contributes cultivation environment expertise to create standardized, uniform growing conditions.
• UV-ROBOT Interreg ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2017UV Robot project (NWE621) developing autonomous UV-C treatment vehicle for crops. Total budget €2.26 million with €1.35 million ERDF funding. Partners working on treating strawberries, lettuce, basil, tomatoes and cucumber with UV-C light to replace chemical treatments.
• AgriplantcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading European automatic planting machine manufacturer collaborated with Octinion on improving plant distance accuracy. Submitted SME Innovation Project to IWT with Octinion as subcontractor. Octinion also handles commercial implementation and innovation subsidy support.
• University of Leuven (KU Leuven)coreTechnology or IntegrationEgg Quality & Incubation Research Group originally developed Acoustic Egg Tester (AET) technology. Octinion chosen to further develop and commercialize the AET, creating Columbus egg tester. PhD-thesis of P. Coucke (1998) presented first design.
• MOBA BVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped vibrational excitation technology with elastic hammer in collaboration with MOBA BV (Barneveld, The Netherlands). Protected under European patent EP 1 238 582 A2 and US patent 6,722,201,B2.
• Sirris & ITMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSirris & ITM (Industrie & Technisch Management) accord annual awards to create exposure for R&D efforts by Flemish companies. Awarded Bale Weighing System project.
• Case New HollandcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerCase New Holland incorporates Octinion's Bale Weighing System for large square balers. System weighs bales on the fly to 2% accuracy while driving at 15km/h.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agrobot: Agrobot (Spain) develops the E-Series strawberry harvesting robot, a direct competitor to Rubion with similar computer-vision-based selective picking for strawberries.
• FarmWise: FarmWise (US) builds AI-driven autonomous weeding robots for row crops, comparable to Octinion's outdoor Titanion platform and Curion scouting in computer-vision-based agricultural automation.
• MOBA Group: MOBA Group (Netherlands) is a global leader in egg grading and processing equipment and co-developed the vibrational excitation technology behind Octinion's Columbus Egg Tester under shared patents EP 1 238 582 A2 / US 6,722,201,B2.
• Advanced Farm Technologies: Advanced Farm Technologies (US) commercializes robotic strawberry pickers, overlapping directly with Rubion in target crop, customer use case (berry harvest automation), and underlying vision-guided robotic manipulation technology.
• Naio Technologies: Naio Technologies (France) develops small autonomous agricultural robots for weeding and specialty crops, comparable to Octinion's Titanion outdoor modular platform and CIMAT small-scale multi-purpose robot project in vision-guided ag robotics.
• Saga Robotics: Saga Robotics (Norway/UK) develops the Thorvald autonomous platform and a UV-C treatment robot for strawberry powdery mildew — directly competitive with Octinion's Lumion UV-C robot and Xenion/Titanion modular platforms in the same strawberry greenhouse use case.
• Tortuga AgTech: Tortuga AgTech (US) builds autonomous harvesting robots for high-value crops using computer vision, comparable to Octinion in crop-scouting (Curion) and selective-picking robotics applied to specialty horticulture.
• Dogtooth Technologies: Dogtooth Technologies (UK) builds autonomous strawberry picking robots using computer vision, directly competing with Octinion's Rubion on the same crop, customer segment (UK/EU berry growers), and machine-vision approach.
• Small Robot Company: Small Robot Company (UK) builds a fleet of small autonomous farm robots for weeding, scouting, and precision agriculture — overlapping with Octinion's precision-farming vision (Rubion/Curion) and CIMAT small-scale robot roadmap.

Broad incumbents

• Priva: Priva (Netherlands) is a broad incumbent in greenhouse/horticultural automation that contributed its leaf-cutting robot to the Kompano JV with Octinion's strawberry/UV-C robots — both a strategic partner and a broader competitor across the horticulture automation stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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