Oxipital AI Launches Foreign Material Detection Solutions at Pack Expo, Raising the Standard for Food Safety Inspection

Running on the OX and VX hardware platforms already deployed in food manufacturing, the new capability delivers up to >99%* detection accuracy at line speed, with automated response, full audit logging, and analytics through the V-CORTX platform

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxipital AI today announced the launch of Foreign Material Detection, a new AI vision capability that identifies contaminants in real time on high-speed food production lines. These solutions are deployed and operating in production environments today, trained on the Foreign Materials most responsible for recalls and regulatory action, and available on the same OX and VX hardware platforms food producers already use for quality inspection and process automation.

Foreign Material Detection joins quality inspection and vision-guided robotics as part of Oxipital AI's unified AI vision and intelligence platform.

"What we kept hearing from customers was that they needed a single platform that could handle quality, robotics, and food safety without adding complexity. Adding Foreign Material Detection to our platform is a direct response to that. Our customers told us they wanted fewer vendors, fewer integration headaches, and more confidence in what their inspection system could catch," said Mark Chiappetta, CEO of Oxipital AI.

SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION GIVES CUSTOMERS A HEAD START
Rather than waiting for contamination events to build training data, Oxipital AI uses synthetic data generation to train its models on the visual signatures of the foreign materials most commonly found in food production, including hard and soft plastics, wood chips, full and partial PPE, cardboard, metal shards, bone fragments, and more. Those signatures are simulated across varied lighting conditions, product types, and line speeds. Models arrive production-ready and start inspecting on day one of deployment.

The result is detection accuracy of up to 99%* in production environments, with precision tuning that keeps false positives low. Unnecessary stoppages cost time, product, and crew attention. Oxipital AI's models are built to differentiate genuine foreign material from natural product variation, so the line keeps running when it should.

DETECTION THAT DRIVES ACTION, NOT JUST ALERTS
When a contaminant is detected, the system does not stop at simply flagging it to the user. V-CORTX integrates with existing line control systems to trigger automated responses based on severity classification. A minor anomaly can slow the line. A confirmed high-severity event stops it. No manual intervention, no delay.

The system also identifies the type of contaminant detected, not just its presence. That classification gives quality assurance and engineering teams the information needed to trace where a foreign material was introduced, whether it is a worn line component, a supplier issue, or a changeover gap.

A FULL AUDIT TRAIL COMPLETE WITH ANALYTICS
Every foreign material event is logged automatically in the V-CORTX analytics dashboard, with timestamp, classification, imagery, dimensional data, and throughput impact. Plant managers and corporate engineering teams get a continuous, searchable record that supports FSQA documentation, and root cause analysis giving them the tools they need to keep production running safely.

DEPLOYED AND RUNNING TODAY
Foreign Material Detection from Oxipital AI is operating on production lines in the food industry right now. Food and beverage manufacturers can see it running live at Pack Expo at the Oxipital AI booth S-3192 from October 18th to the 21st.

ABOUT OXIPITAL AI

Oxipital AI is a unified AI vision and intelligence platform for food and industrial manufacturing, bringing together quality inspection, foreign material detection, and vision-guided robotics. Built on the OX and VX hardware platforms, its technology gives producers one system to inspect, protect, and automate their lines. Spun out of Soft Robotics, Oxipital AI is deployed across production lines at some of the world's largest food producers. Learn more at www.OxipitalAI.com.

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* Vision-based inspection can only detect foreign material that is visible to the camera. Items that are too small to resolve at operating line speed, or that are not presented to the camera's field of view, may not be detected.

SOURCE Oxipital AI Inc.