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About ABB Robotics

ABB Robotics is the robotics business of ABB Group, the Swiss-Swedish automation and electrification group headquartered in Zurich. Its lineage reaches back to 1974, when ABB predecessor ASEA introduced the IRB 6 in Sweden — widely credited as the first commercially available all-electric, microprocessor-controlled industrial robot. Today the business offers one of the broadest robot portfolios in the industry from a single supplier: articulated arms, collaborative robots such as YuMi and GoFa, delta and SCARA robots for high-speed picking and assembly, paint and palletizing robots, and autonomous mobile robots for intralogistics. The hardware is tied together by the OmniCore controller platform and by RobotStudio, ABB’s programming and simulation software, which the company is extending with AI-based vision and training tools.

ABB Robotics sells to manufacturers of all sizes across automotive, electronics, logistics, food and beverage, life sciences and general industry, and supports them through what it describes as the industry’s broadest service network. The business employs approximately 7,000 people. In October 2025, ABB agreed to sell the robotics business to SoftBank Group, a transaction that underlines the unit’s standalone value. It is listed as one of the "big four" global industrial robot makers and an anchor supplier of the world robot industry.

Products & services

• Articulated industrial robots (IRB series) for handling, welding, assembly, painting and palletizing
• Collaborative robots (YuMi, GoFa, SWIFTI) for work alongside people
• Delta and SCARA robots for high-speed picking, packing and small-part assembly
• Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for intralogistics
• OmniCore controllers, RobotStudio programming/simulation software and AI vision tools

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