Universal Robotics' signature technology, Neocortex, is a sensory-motor based form of artificial intelligence that enables moving machines to learn from their experiences and perform tasks that are unsafe or difficult for humans. Neocortex was developed over seven years with NASA and Vanderbilt University, and was funded by U.S. Department of Defense.

Because Neocortex's learning requires observation and interaction with the physical world, Universal created an affordable, millimeter-accurate 3D vision positioning product called Spatial Vision Robotics, that provides Neocortex with information about its surroundings using two webcams.

The world's largest industrial robot manufacturer, Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, is reselling Spatial Vision Robotics as MotoSight 3D Spatial Vision.