SoftBank Group agreed to buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB for $5.4 billion. The move is part of a number of investments and acquisitions by SoftBank as it looks to position ...
ZURICH, March ⁠9 (Reuters) - ⁠ABB's robotics ⁠business has partnered with Nvidia ‌to narrow the ‌gap ⁠between ⁠how industrial robots perform in virtual simulations and how they behave on factory ...
Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...
Earlier this year, Automation World interviewed Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics and we asked him about the news that ABB was planning to spin off ABB Robotics as a stand-alone business. He said ...
SoftBank Group's agreement to acquire the robotics division of Switzerland's ABB for approximately US$5.4 billion is a significant strategic move. The deal highlights Japan's increasing dominance in ...
The Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank. SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4 ...
Working in collaboration with the Swedish Institute for Standards and multiple industry partners from 11 countries to establish a global, standardized method for assessing robot efficiency, ABB ...
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Industrial robotics driving smart factory growth

The global smart factory market is on a trajectory to reach USD 104.42 billion by 2025 and USD 169.73 billion by 2030, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 10.2%. This expansion is propelled by ...
This deal is founder Masayoshi Son’s push to fuse advanced AI with industrial robots. SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Physical AI struggles with object manipulation due to a critical lack of high-fidelity data ...
ABB’s fusion of AI vision and intuitive software in the Flexley Mover aims to enable safer, more scalable autonomous navigation. ABB has upgraded its Flexley Mover MP604 model with advanced 3D visual ...