FREE Webinar

Introduction to Forge—Simulation for Bin Picking and De-Racking

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Join us for inside look at Apera Forge and discover what's new!

Apera Forge is a web-based application that helps you eliminate re-designs of your cell and gripper and to empty your bin or rack. Our latest release gives more flexibility in cell design and camera placement, opening the door to de-racking applications.

What You'll Learn in This Session

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use Apera Forge to simulate your robotic cell and pick parts from a bin or rack.

We’ll cover how to:

Design your cell – upload your part-to-be-picked and end of arm tool (EOAT), select your robot from a library of leading brands, and lay out your camera, bin, fences, and obstacles.
Simulate operation – run a simulation with parts in a bin (random or structured). See which parts are pickable, which aren’t, and how your design might be changed to increase the pickable %.
Deploy your cell – if you're using an Apera vision system, you can send your Forge cell to AI training, which will create vision programming tailored for your system using millions of generated parts, and deploy those vision algorithms on-site.

Senior Product Manager

Derek Burrows

Derek Burrows is Senior Product Manager at Apera AI, where he leads product strategy to expand the impact of vision-guided robotics. With a decade of experience spanning engineering, marketing, and product leadership, Derek previously launched Unity Industry—Unity Technologies' fastest-growing SKU—and drove GTM for advanced AI and 3D tools. He excels at translating complex technology into clear, customer-driven solutions and thrives at the intersection of innovation, storytelling, and real-world industrial applications.

Engineering Manager & Technical Lead for Forge

Neil Goossen

Neil Goossen is an Engineering Manager and Technical Lead for Forge at Apera AI, where he leads the development of powerful, user-friendly tools for simulating vision-guided robots and training advanced AI models. He brings deep experience from roles across the industry, including Take-Two Interactive and Avigilon, with a strong foundation in performance-focused engineering and system design. Neil holds a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is passionate about building robust, scalable software that bridges the gap between AI innovation and real-world manufacturing.

Get started with Apera Forge!

Forge is a web-based AI simulation and training environment that helps you lower risk in vision-guided robot projects. You can build and simulate robotic cells in hours. And you don't need any hardware—just a web browser and an internet connection. To request a free trial of Forge, sign up below.