Company DNA profile
ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics is a leading global robotics company that designs, manufactures, and services robots and robotic systems for a wide range of applications.
- Ref.
- FG-0044
- Delivered
- 29 Sep 2026
- Profile type
- Extended profile
- Sector
- Industrial Automation
- Industry
- Industrial Robotics
- Headquarters
- Auburn Hills, Switzerland
- Employees
- 7,000
- Website
- new.abb.com
Profile completion rate 70 fields completed out of a total of 119
Every company is unique. Some organizations publish extensive information about their activities, while others maintain a limited public footprint. In addition, certain profile sections may not be relevant to a specific company. As a result, a 100% profile completion rate is neither expected nor required.
59% completion rate, by chapter:
- 1 Core identity, 55% completed
- 2 Contact & location, 75% completed
- 3 Business activity, 92% completed
- 4 Corporate structure, 73% completed
- 5 Executive leadership, 63% completed
- 6 Financial profile, 6% completed
- 7 Ecosystem & strategy, 63% completed
- 8 Human capital, 75% completed
- 9 Innovation & R&D, 44% completed
- 10 Business model, 80% completed
- 11 Fundraising, 50% completed
- 12 Valuation, 73% completed
Every field the Company DNA defines counts once: 119 in total. A list counts as one field, whatever its length. The rate is the share of fields that contain data. Profile richness and credit consumption
Evidence Foundation244 citations · 158 domains
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Evidence Citations | 244 |
| Unique Articles (URLs) | 223 |
| Source Domains | 158 |
| Coverage Period | Jun 2015 – Sep 2026 |
| Community Recognition | n/a |
| Evidence Strength Index | n/a |
Evidence Strength Index = 0.35 × citation score + 0.25 × diversity score + 0.25 × recognition score + 0.15 × freshness score. Citation and diversity scores reach 100 at 200 citations and 50 domains (log scale); freshness is judged on the newest source at the delivery date.
6/11 items55%
- 1.1Company name
- ABB Robotics
- 1.2Commercial name
- ABB Robotics
1.3Brands 9
| Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|
| YuMi | truly collaborative dual-arm robot | |
| GoFa | cobots | |
| OmniCore | control platform | |
| PoWa | high-speed cobot family | |
| IRB 1520 | industrial robot | |
| IRB 1600 | industrial robot | |
| IRB 1660 | industrial robot | |
| IRB 120 | locally developed robot | |
| IRB 460 | four-axis palletising robot |
- 1.6Legal form
- Division
- 1.10Year founded
- 1988
- 1.11Company history
- Founded in 1988, ABB Robotics is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and has locations in over 100 countries across six continents.
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2.1Headquarters address
- 2.1.1Street address
- Auburn Hills, Michigan
- 2.1.2City
- Auburn Hills
- 2.1.3State / province
- Michigan
- 2.1.5Country code
- US
- 2.2Country
- Switzerland
- 2.3Website
- new.abb.com
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- 3.1Sector
- Industrial Automation
- 3.2Industry
- Industrial Robotics
- 3.3Business description
- ABB Robotics is a leading global robotics company that designs, manufactures, and services robots and robotic systems for a wide range of applications.
- 3.4Products & services
- Industrial robots, Collaborative robots (cobots), Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), Controllers, Application solutions, Services, Equipment, Automation hardware, Electrification systems, Robotics
3.5Recent product launches 10
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PoWa | 2026 | High-speed cobot family | |
| OmniVance Collaborative Surface Finishing Cell | 2026 | Complies with the EU Machinery Directive | |
| IRB 6730S, IRB 6750S and IRB 6760 | 2025 | Next-generation portfolio of industrial robots | |
| Ultra Accuracy feature for the GoFa collaborative robot family | 2024 | Achieves over ten times greater path accuracy than other cobots on the market, with a precision of 0.03 mm | |
| GoFa | 2023 | Modular industrial robot arms | |
| SWIFTI | 2021 | New family of robots | |
| OmniCore EyeMotion | 8 Apr 2026 | Enables any OmniCore powered robot to recognize its surroundings using any third-party camera or sensor and adapt in real time | |
| OmniCore | 2024-07 | Robotics control platform for intelligent automation | |
| AMR T702 | 12 Jun 2024 | A mobile robot with AI-based Visual SLAM technology and AMR Studio software | |
| OmniVance Collaborative Machine Tending Cell | Undated | Integrated complete solution for automated machine loading |
- 3.6Countries of operation
- United States, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, China, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Austria, India
3.7Industrial footprint
- 3.7.1Total facilities
- 100
- 3.7.2Facility types
- Factory, Research and Development (R&D) lab, Data center, Warehouse
- 3.7.3Key locations
- Auburn Hills, Michigan, Zurich, Switzerland, Västerås, Sweden, Shanghai
3.8Distribution network
3.8.1Countries 9
- United States
- Brazil
- Spain
- Italy
- Germany
- Switzerland
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
3.8.3Distributors 2
- GEA of Texas
- Regal Rexnord
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4.1Ultimate owner
- 4.1.1Name
- SoftBank
- 4.1.2Entity type
- Corporation
4.2Parent company
- 4.2.1Name
- SoftBank
- 4.2.3Country
- Japan
4.3Shareholders 1
| Evidence | |
|---|---|
| SoftBank Group Corp |
4.6Sold businesses 1
| Evidence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Robotics India Private Limited | ABB Robotics Schweiz AG, Switzerland | March 1, 2026 | Sale of the company's shareholding in ABB Robotics India Private Limited |
4.7Recent M&A and partnerships 2
| Evidence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2024 | Acquisition | Sevensense | To bring AI-based navigation technology to mobile robots | Completed | |
| 20 Jul 2021 | Acquisition | ASTI Mobile Robotics Group | To introduce next generation of flexible automation with Autonomous Mobile Robots | Completed |
4.8Recent legal structure changes 2
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 | Spin-off | Planned spin-off of ABB Robotics as a separate listed company | |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Acquisition | Acquisition of ABB Robotics by SoftBank |
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5.1CEO
Marc Segura
President of ABB Robotics
5.2CEO announcements 2
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | ABB Robotics announces global winner of RobotStudio Cup 2026 | Supporting the next generation of innovators and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM is a central part of our mission at ABB Robotics | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | ABB Robotics Partners with NVIDIA to Deliver Industrial-Grade Physical AI at Scale | Today, using NVIDIA accelerated computing and simulation technologies, we have removed the last barriers to making industrial and physical AI a reality at a global scale by closing the sim-to-real gap |
5.3Other executives 14
| Evidence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami Atiya | President of ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation | Robotics and Discrete Automation | 2021 | High | |
| Robertino Cinelli | President of ABB Robotics in France | ABB Robotics France | 2026 | High | |
| Alfredo Diez-Hochleitner | Commercial Director of ABB Robotics | Commercial | 2026 | High | |
| Daniel Navarro | Managing Director of Consumer Segments and Service Robotics at ABB Robotics | Consumer Segments & Service Robotics | 2023 | High | |
| Andie Zhang | Global Product Manager, Collaborative Robotics, ABB Robotics | Collaborative Robotics | 2021 | High | |
| Emma Bebe | Service Sales Engineer and Team Leader, ABB Robotics | Service Sales | 2022 | High | |
| Oscar Ferrato | Cobot Product Manager Italy, ABB Robotics | Collaborative Robotics | 2026 | High | |
| Leonardo Leani | Country Manager for Italy, ABB Robotics | Italy Operations | 2026 | High | |
| Jeroen Snijkers | Sales Engineer, ABB Robotics | Sales | 2020 | High | |
| Martin van der Have | Sales & Marketing Manager, ABB Robotics | Sales & Marketing | 2020 | High | |
| Marc-Oliver Nandy | Cluster Manager for the DACH region, ABB Robotics | DACH Region | 2026 | High | |
| Dennis Helfridsson | CEO of ABB Sweden and Vice President of ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation in the Nordic region | Nordic Region | 2026 | High | |
| Henry Han | President of ABB Robotics in China | China Operations | 2020 | High | |
| Stefan Lampa | Global Head of Robots and Applications | Robots and Applications | 2026 | High |
6.4Recent capex investments 5
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $120M | Expanding production in the US | |
| 18 Mar 2024 | $20M | Expansion of US robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility | |
| 20 Dec 2023 | $280M | Expansion of European Robotics hub in Sweden | |
| 13 Sep 2023 | $280M | Expansion of European Robotics hub in Sweden | |
| 16 Mar 2023 | $20M | Expansion of US robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility |
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- 7.1Mission statement
- We help companies of all sizes and sectors - from automotive to electronics and logistics - to outperform by becoming more resilient, flexible and efficient.
- 7.3Key competitors
- KUKA Robotics, FANUC Corporation, Universal Robots, Rockwell Automation, Siemens
7.4Key customers 8
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Roche | Pharmaceuticals | Partner to enhance laboratory efficiency with intelligent robotics | |
| Tata Steel | Steel | Improved quality and lower production costs with ABB technology | |
| Kiefel | Packaging | Long-term partnership with over 1,000 robots sold | |
| Foxconn | Electronics | Piloting the first joint use case in consumer electronics assembly using RobotStudio HyperReality | |
| Absolicon | Solar | Accelerating production from three units a day to one every six minutes | |
| Nobia | Kitchen manufacturing | Supplying robotic automation solutions for its new factory | |
| Ola | Mobility | Selected ABB as one of its key partners for robotics and automation solutions for its mega-factory in India | |
| WellSpan Health | Healthcare | Implementation of robotic kitchen |
7.5Customer testimonials 1
| Evidence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Robotics | Thanks to RobotStudio, Sunrise can support deployments remotely, protecting customer trust, reducing operational costs, and keeping systems running without unnecessary downtime. | Robert Bevec | Product, Sunrise Robotics | 27 Aug 2026 |
7.6Partners 26
| Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coveo | Collaboration to improve digital experience | |
| Porsche Consulting | Collaboration to drive automation in the construction industry | |
| Vention | Partnership to bring cobot automation to small and medium-sized manufacturers | |
| PSYONIC | Collaboration to apply human touch to robot dexterity | |
| NVIDIA | Integration of NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into RobotStudio | |
| Jacobi Robotics | Collaboration for AI-powered mixed-case palletizing | |
| Agilent Technologies | Combining ABB robotic systems with Agilent analytical instruments and laboratory software | |
| Skild AI | Embedding Skild AI's software across industrial robots | |
| Sevensense | Partnership to integrate Sevensense's soft- and hardware technology into ABB's AMR offering | |
| Regal Rexnord | Collaboration to simplify integration of Regal Rexnord's GoFa cobots into 7th Axis Cobot Transfer Units | |
| XtalPi | Strategic partnership to produce automated laboratory workstations | |
| LandingAI | Partnership to unleash the power of generative AI for robotic vision | |
| Photoneo | Partnership to bring Photoneo's advanced 3D vision solutions into ABB's unified automation environment | |
| ASTI Mobile Robotics | Acquisition to diversify ABB's robotics portfolio | |
| Junglekeepers | Partnership to utilize ABB's YuMi robot for Amazon reforestation | |
| Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute (Group) Co Ltd | Strategic cooperation to achieve CR certification for ABB's robotic products | |
| AsiaInfo | Establishment of the "Embodied Intelligence Laboratory" | |
| AUAR | Partnership to provide sustainable and affordable housing | |
| Cosmic | Collaboration to transform disaster recovery with robotic walls | |
| Molg | Partnership to tackle data center e-waste with robotic micro-factories | |
| NAMTECH | Partnership to launch a school of robotics | |
| Roche | Partnership to deploy physical AI in laboratories | |
| Valtech | Partnership to develop an innovative digital platform | |
| Cosmic Buildings | Partnership for post-wildfire reconstruction in Los Angeles through AI-enabled robotic construction | |
| Vyripharm | Partnership to develop a fully automated robotic platform for laboratory testing | |
| ADMARES | Partnership to power AI-Driven Housing Factories |
7.7Corporate investments 4
| Evidence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LandingAI | 20 Sep 2025 | Not found | Venture investment | Investment to accelerate advancements in robotic vision | |
| T-Robotics | 19 Dec 2024 | Not found | Venture investment | Investment as part of ABB Robotics AI Startup Challenge | |
| Mbodi | 19 Dec 2024 | Not found | Venture investment | Investment as part of ABB Robotics AI Startup Challenge | |
| Molg | 11 Oct 2024 | $5.5M | Venture investment | Investment in Molg's seed round to support the development of technology to recycle e-waste |
7.8Innovation & startup partnerships 3
| Evidence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simula Research Laboratory | Research project | Accelerating AI-driven robotics safety testing | 13 Feb 2026 | |
| AsiaInfo and ABB Robotics' Embodied Intelligence Laboratory | Research and development partnership | Joint establishment of a laboratory to usher in a new era of industrial AI | 26 Jan 2026 | |
| Atinary | Self-driving laboratory | Accelerating R&D with self-driving lab | 5 Nov 2025 |
7.9Top linked entities
7.9.1Keywords 9
- NVIDIA
- SoftBank
- Foxconn
- Roche
- Agilent Technologies
- Skild AI
- Universal Robots
- LandingAI
- Sevensense
7.9.2Organizations 28
- NVIDIA
- SoftBank
- Foxconn
- Roche
- Agilent Technologies
- Skild AI
- Universal Robots
- LandingAI
- Sevensense
- ABB Robotics
- KUKA Robotics
- Regal Rexnord
- Atinary
- Valtech
- Cosmic Buildings
- Vyripharm
- ADMARES
- Junglekeepers
- Porsche Consulting
- Vention
- PSYONIC
- Jacobi Robotics
- AsiaInfo
- AUAR
- Molg
- NAMTECH
- XtalPi
- FANUC Corporation
7.9.3Persons 4
- Marc Segura
- Jose-Manuel Collados
- Sami Atiya
- Andrea Cassoni
7.9.4Locations 7
- Texas
- Los Angeles
- Pacific Palisades
- Munich, Germany
- China
- India
- United States
- 7.12Certifications
- CR certification, CE certification, UL certification
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- 8.1Number of employees
- 7,000
8.2Recent job creations / hires 1
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 | Manufacturing, Engineering |
8.4Recent open jobs 1
| Evidence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Global Cyber Security Lead | Cyber Security | Italy | 21 Oct 2025 |
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9.1R&D expenditure
- 9.1.1Amount
- $170M
- 9.1.2Currency
- USD
9.5R&D centers 6
| Evidence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Artificial intelligence | 1,300 | |
| Shanghai | Artificial intelligence | Not found | |
| Atlanta, Georgia | Packaging & Logistics | Not found | |
| Houston, Texas | Lifesciences and Healthcare | Not found | |
| San Jose | Research and Development | Not found | |
| Sweden | Digital and AI-enabled technologies | Not found |
- 9.6Tech stack
- NVIDIA Omniverse, OmniCore, RobotStudio, vSLAM navigation, Ultra Accuracy feature, GoFa collaborative robot series, NVIDIA IsaacTM, NVIDIA CosmosTM
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- 10.1Revenue model types
- B2B
10.2Revenue streams 5
| Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|
| Industrial robots | Sale of industrial robot arms and systems | |
| Collaborative robots (cobots) | Sale of GoFa, SWIFTI, PoWa and YuMi collaborative robots | |
| Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) | Sale of Flexley Mover and other AMR products | |
| Software and digital services | RobotStudio, OmniCore, OptiFact and other software solutions | |
| Services | System integration, on-site service, spare parts and digital services |
- 10.3Sales channels
- Direct Sales Team
- 10.4Target customer segments
- Enterprise, SMB, Industrial, Automotive, Electronics, Logistics, Food & Beverage
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11.3Funding rounds 3
| Evidence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 8 Oct 2025 | $5.37B | SoftBank | Not found | |
| Seed | 10 Oct 2024 | $5.5M | Closed Loop Partners' Ventures Group | Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, ABB Robotics & Automation Ventures, Overture, Elemental Impact, Techstars | |
| seed | 26 Mar 2024 | £2.6M | Miles Ahead | ABB Robotics & Automation Ventures |
- 11.4Key investors
- SoftBank, Closed Loop Partners' Ventures Group, Miles Ahead, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Overture, Elemental Impact, Techstars
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12.1Latest valuation
- 12.1.1Amount
- $5.38B
- 12.1.2Currency
- USD
- 12.1.3Valuation date
- 2025-10
- 12.1.4Valuation type
- Enterprise Value
12.2Valuation history 1
| Evidence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | $5.38B | Enterprise Value | Acquisition by SoftBank |
12.3Public market metrics
- 12.3.2Enterprise value
- $5.38B
- 12.3.5Currency
- USD
- 12.3.6As of
- 8 Oct 2025
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