As labor shortages in the manufacturing industries continue to swell, a continued uptick in demand for robotics is expected. Along with this surge in robot hardware, growth in accompanying software ...

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The company has added four energy-saving models to its large robot family. The robots are suitable for payloads from 150-310 kg. ABB Robotics has added four models to its line of large robots. These ...

ZURICH/TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse ...

ABB ROBOTICS launched its OmniVance ™ machining cell and machining software packages for flexibility and simplicity in a range of applications, including sanding, polishing, cutting, and surface ...

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging ...

ZURICH, July 2 (Reuters) - ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab is launching three new families of factory robots designed specially for China, the Swiss engineering company said on Wednesday, as it aims to ...

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a European-Japanese balance to dominance by Japanese firms and China's Midea Group.

Milestone investment will combine connected digital technologies, state-of-the-art collaborative robotics and cutting-edge artificial intelligence research to create the most sophisticated, automated ...

Recycling and refurbishment programs for old equipment have proven increasingly popular for a multitude of reasons. In addition to improving sustainability by shrinking the carbon footprint associated ...

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...