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 ...

Zurich-based manufacturing giant ABB Ltd. is planning to invest $20 million and create 72 jobs at its Auburn Hills, Mich., plant in response to the growth of automation in the automotive industry and ...

YuMi, a human-friendly dual-arm robot design for assembly work alongside humans, is scheduled for release in 2015. The past year has been, in many ways, a landmark year for advances in robotics. I say ...

In an unexpected turn of events, ABB, the Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation, is considering selling its burgeoning robotics division as part of a strategic initiative. This move, which involves ...

BRAMPTON, ON, Dec. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Sheridan's Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT) has become the first facility in Canada to acquire ABB's YuMi® robot. A special event ...

ABB offers over 50 additional software applications from its extensive library in addition to its large selection of industrial robots. Modern robotics technology from ABB is assisting Renault Group ...

ABB ROBOTICS launched two new variants of its GoFa ™ collaborative robot, allowing manufacturers to adopt cobot automation to enhance efficiency. The GoFa 10 and GoFa 12 handle payloads of up to 10 ...

According to a recent World Economic Forum report, more than 870,000 km 2 of prime Amazon rainforest has been cleared since 1985, mainly for agricultural operations. Non-profit Junglekeepers is on a ...

Developed initially for small parts assembly in the consumer electronics industry, ABB Robotics new YuMi fully collaborative, dual-arm, 14-axis robot handles payloads up to 500 g and is "precise ...

Autonomous mobile robots are now part of portfolio with robotics and machine automation products, to ad-dress opportunities and challenges presented by individualization and labor and supply-chain ...