
ABB Robotics
Established:
1988 as ABB; robotics roots from ASEA industrial robots in 1974
Employees:
Approx. 105,000 globally at ABB Group; robotics headcount not separately disclosed
Country
Switzerland
Location:
Affolternstrasse 44, 8050 Zurich
Summary:
ABB Robotics is one of the foundational global players in industrial automation and robotic arms. The company supplies six-axis industrial robots, delta robots, SCARA robots, collaborative robots, controllers, vision-enabled application packages and simulation software for factories that require high reliability, safety certification and global service. ABB is especially strong in automotive manufacturing, paint, welding, electronics, machining, packaging and logistics. Its value is not only the arm hardware: ABB sells a complete automation stack that includes controllers, drives, PLC integration, offline programming, RobotStudio simulation, condition monitoring, service contracts and application engineering. The company is a strategic supplier for manufacturers that want standardized automation across plants and regions.
Managment:
ABB Group is publicly listed in Switzerland and Sweden. Group CEO: Morten Wierod. Robotics & Discrete Automation division leadership is organized through ABB's executive committee and regional business area presidents. Ownership is dispersed among public shareholders.
Projects:
Automotive body-in-white, EV battery production, electronics assembly, paint shops, foundry automation, logistics cells, food and beverage handling, education and research labs
Specialize in:
Industrial robot arms, collaborative robots, robot controllers, machine automation, digital manufacturing software
Tags:
industrial robotics, robot arms, ABB, six-axis robots, cobots, RobotStudio, automotive automation, welding robots, paint robots, factory automation, PLC integration, motion control
Products:
IRB industrial robot family, GoFa cobots, SWIFTI cobots, YuMi, FlexPendant, OmniCore controllers, RobotStudio, FlexArc, FlexPicker, paint robots























