The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies ABB Robotics: 1 model, 7 deployments across 5 regions. 1 source back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
ABB Robotics, Swiss-Swedish industrial robot manufacturer (ABB Group) producing 6-axis robots, cobots (GoFa, SWIFTI), and painting robots. World's #2 industrial robot maker.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 7 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAcquisitionAcquired by SoftBank Group
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Technology
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Web sources
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company ABB Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA2× joint1108 total
- 2SoftBank Group1× joint6 total
Most recent
- with NVIDIAoperating
- with NVIDIAjust announced
- SoftBank acquires ABB robotics division2026-01-01with SoftBank Groupjust announced
ABB Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map7 verified deployments across 5 regions, newest verified Jun 2026. Explore where ABB Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA →Midwest · verified Jun 2026
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA →Midwest · verified Jun 2024
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Worldwide (500,000+ installed) →International · verified Jun 2024
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Västerås →Sweden · verified Jun 2024
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Global →International · verified Jun 2024
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at Hai Phong, Vietnam →Southeast Asia · verified Jan 2019
- operationalABB IRB 6700 at United States →United States · verified Jan 2017
View the full ABB Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by ABB Robotics, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- Partly trueTimeline · claimed 2026-03-01 · deadline 2026-12-31
“Factories and labs by end of 2026, then hospitals, hotels, and your home”
ABB industrial robots are deployed in factories globally (verified). "Labs by end of 2026" is plausible. "Hospitals, hotels, and your home" is aspirational with no ABB humanoid deployment confirmed. Marc Segura is President of ABB Robotics but the "home" claim aligns with Agility Robotics' vision, not ABB's own product line. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQ44Y_AJ7D/
- VerifiedCustomer · claimed 2026-01-01
“AI data centre boom spurs robot maker ABB's US sales”
ABB Robotics confirmed increased US sales driven by data center construction demand. ABB is the largest industrial robot manufacturer by installed base. https://www.abb.com/global/en/areas/robotics/products/robots
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-01-01
“The IRB 6700 family is the highest performance robots in the 150-300 kilogram class”
IRB 6700 is ABB's 7th generation large robot, 150-300 kg payload. Deployed in automotive manufacturing and industrial production globally. Performance claim is standard for an industrial robot arm of this class. https://pennair.com/suppliers/abb/abb-irb-6700/
Disagree with a status? ABB Robotics can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about ABB Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is the ABB IRB 6700?
How much does the ABB IRB 6700 cost?
Current leadership (4)
- Morten Wierod Chief Executive Officer, ABB Groupsecondary-verified
- Marc Segura President, ABB Robotics Divisionsecondary-verified
- Niclas Sjöstrand CTOreported, not verified
- Sami Atiya President, Robotics & Discrete Automationsince 2017-01-01IR-verified
Founders (3)
- Ludvig Fredholmcofounderno longer at company
- Charles Eugene Lancelot Browncofounderno longer at company
- Walter Bovericofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (3)
- Ludvig Fredholm Founder of ASEA (predecessor)secondary-verified
- Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown Co-founder of Brown, Boveri & Cie (predecessor)secondary-verified
- Walter Boveri Co-founder of Brown, Boveri & Cie (predecessor)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for ABB Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- ABB Robotics7 deployments
Recent coverage
ABB Robotics in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every ABB Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Epson Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Supplies to (1)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- Formic Cobot RaaSby FormicABB collaborative and industrial robot arms -- Formic Core OS runs across ABB robot systems deployed in customer facilities; Formic owns/operates hardware under RaaS modelsupplies
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Supplied by (1)
Supply-chain reach
3 total transitive counterparties · 4 upstream · 1 downstream · depth 1
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia ABB IRB 6700NVIDIA Jetson Orin -- ABB OmniCore C90 controller AI compute for vision and motionsupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 1 operating · 2 just announced
Every company ABB Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with NVIDIAoperating
- with NVIDIAjust announced
- SoftBank acquires ABB robotics division2026-01-01with SoftBank Groupjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA2× joint1108 total
- 2SoftBank Group1× joint6 total
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- development2026-07-17operating
- technology2026-03-09just announced
- technology2026-01-01announcedjust announced
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by SoftBank Groupfull acquisitionannounced2025-10-08
Timeline
Every recorded move in ABB Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Konecranes
2026-08-23Supply: ABB motors and drives for cranes to Konecranes
New supplierNew supplier: Schunk
2026-08-23Supply: Schunk grippers for ABB from Schunk
New supplierNew supplier: Keyence
2026-08-23Supply: Keyence vision for ABB from Keyence
New supplierNew supplier: Cognex
2026-08-23Supply: Cognex vision for ABB robots from Cognex
New supplierNew supplier: Nabtesco
2026-08-23Supply: Nabtesco RV reducers for ABB from Nabtesco
PartnershipNVIDIA x ABB Robotics (Physical AI White Paper Partnership)
2026-07-17ABB Robotics and NVIDIA published a joint white paper on the transformative impact of physical AI on manufacturing (July 17, 2026). ABB is integrating NVIDIA technologies across its robotics portfolio including OmniCore controllers, GoFa cobots, and Visual SLAM AMRs. ABB also collaborates with Roche to bring physical AI to laboratories.
PartnershipABB Robotics x NVIDIA (Physical AI / Omniverse)
2026-03-09ABB Robotics integrated NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into its RobotStudio platform to close the sim-to-real gap for industrial physical AI, enabling manufacturers to deploy AI-driven robotics at scale. The resulting RobotStudio HyperReality product is expected in the second half of 2026, with a pilot already underway at Foxconn.
PartnershipSoftBank acquires ABB robotics division
2026-01-01SoftBank announced 5.4 billion USD acquisition of ABB robotics division explicitly framing physical AI as its next frontier. Major consolidation in industrial robotics.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 15, 2026
ABB IRB 6700 at Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
ABB Robotics - Introducing the IRB 6700: 7th Generation Large Robots
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
ABB IRB 6700 at Global
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
ABB IRB 6700 at Worldwide (500,000+ installed)
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ABB Robotics.Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
- Plus One Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ABB Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
ABB and NVIDIA Outline Framework for Physical AI Deployment in Manufacturing
ABB Robotics and NVIDIA have published a joint white paper describing how physical artificial intelligence (AI) could be applied in precision manufacturing through a digital-first…
ABB buys UK actuator firm Rotork for $5.5bn, funded by Robotics sale
ABB is buying the UK flow control, instrumentation and actuator specialist Rotork for around $5.5bn in cash, partly funded by the $4.8bn cash sale of ABB Robotics to SoftBank,…
ABB Robotics and NVIDIA white paper defines transformative impact of physical AI on manufacturing
ABB Robotics and NVIDIA published a joint white paper outlining a digital-first engineering framework combining simulation, synthetic data, and real-world feedback to deploy…
ABB Robotics includes vSLAM navigation in F712 autonomous forklift
The Flexley Stacy F712 forklift uses vision to navigate, works with other robots, and complies with safety standards, says ABB Robotics. The post ABB Robotics includes vSLAM…
Robotics and Automation News Features - 2026 coverage
Comprehensive robotics and automation coverage for 2026 including industrial robots, AMRs, cobots, and physical AI developments.
PSYONIC partners with ABB Robotics to apply human touch to robot dexterity
GoFa helps test PSYONIC’s Ability Hand for robotics, combining touch sensing, compliant design, and human-derived training data. Source: ABB Robotics ABB Robotics LLC today said…
Skild AI partners with ABB Robotics and Universal Robots
Skild AI partnering with ABB Robotics and Universal Robots to deploy its omni-bodied Skild Brain across industries. Also partnered with VinDynamics for humanoid robotics.
Skild AI Stock: 4B Valuation
Skild AI raised .4B Series C at 4B valuation led by SoftBank. Building universal robot brain - one AI model controlling any robot in any environment.
Skild AI raises .4B Series C led by SoftBank at 4B valuation
Skild AI raised .4B Series C led by SoftBank, valuing company at over 4B. Scaling omni-bodied robot brain. Largest robotics AI funding round.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/abb-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/abb-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2506f101-7001-4f9d-b6b7-27b367b5410a
- Revision history: /companies/abb-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
- Plus One Robotics2 models
Video
High-speed ABB FlexPicker robots equipped with specially developed grippers are making sure that Peperami salamis are packaged at the highest cycle rates at Unilever's plant in Ansbach, Germany. The robots are fitte
ABB Robots installed by RG Luma are helping specialist food company Honeytop to speed up its pancake production and improve health, safety & hygiene. William Ei
ABB has introduced one of the most agile arc welding robots available on the market
An overview of how to jog an ABB IRB 120 robot using the flexpendant. Software used: ABB RobotStudio (https://new.abb.com/products/robotics/robotstudio) Brent
BAIC is one of China’s largest electric car manufacturers. To increase the efficiency and flexibility of its new facility in Qingdao they've installed over 160
Wuhan Rob System Tech Co., Ltd . We specialize in manufacturing robot welding positioners and motion tracks, and we have established long-lasting partnerships
Jim Kosmala of ABB Robotics USA talks you through what to look for when selecting a robot teach pendant for Robot Programming. He compares the ABB FlexPendant ,
Steps :- Menu - program editor - create a routine - take a ABSJ position - click ok star - debug- view vaule - zero all vaules -ok - then start the point
ABB Robotics has partnered with Nvidia to develop a new generation of autonomous industrial robots. These intelligent machines are being trained in virtual envi
How to do calibration in abb robot steps:- Menu - calibration - revolution counter not updated - manual method - revolution counter update- yes - select the ax
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
ABB Robotics draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the 91st percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap +2.6, 17th widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 7 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 7 operational sites across 6 countries. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026