Spurred by China's rapid advances in artificial intelligence, Swiss technology company ABB Group will ramp up its innovation efforts in the robotics sector to outpace its rivals in the country's ...

At Mobile World Congress 2026, humanoid robot company Agibot announced a rental program that allows anyone to lease a robot. In total, 17 markets are getting this program, which includes the U.S. and ...

ABB introduced its Automation Extended program on Feb. 2, which is an evolution of its distributed control systems (DCS) for helping industries modernize without disruptions. Building on ABB’s ...

Abstract: This work is devoted to creating a digital twin of the ABB YuMi industrial robot to improve the user experience of interacting with the robot during the collaborative assembly process. The ...

• The new method will promote transparency, allow end users to make more informed decisions, and support the robotics industry to track and reduce the carbon footprint related to robot electricity ...

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

Across industries, R&D is costly and slow—often the biggest barrier to innovation, even when AI helps out. Atinary claims its Self-Driving Labs (SDLabs) let chemists deploy easy-to-use machine ...

Trump's Iran strike tests MAGA unity ahead of midterms Some MAGA voices warn that Trump's Iran strike could hurt Republicans in the midterms. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, ...

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 stock surged as much as 13 percent to a new intraday high. It has agreed to buy ABB's industrial robotics arm for about $5.4 billion. The deal is a major push into the emerging and critical ...