Cognex has agreed to acquire RealSense, according to a Silicon Valley Weekly Docket post reported on September 26, 2026. The post states that Foley represented Cognex in its agreement to acquire RealSense. The transaction amount was not disclosed in the sources.
The same post describes the deal as "machine vision buying robot vision," placing it six days before an event the publication called its physical AI evening. That characterization is the source's own framing of the transaction.
No further terms of the agreement were provided in the sources. The sources do not state a purchase price, financing structure, expected closing date, or any statements from the companies involved.