Manufacturer
ABB
Swiss-Swedish industrial technology group and one of the largest robot manufacturers, known for the IRB line and the FlexPicker delta arm.
ABB formed in 1988 from the merger of Sweden's ASEA and Switzerland's Brown Boveri, and entered the robotics market with ASEA's early electric industrial robots from the 1970s.
ABB robots run on the RobotWare software platform and IRC5 or OmniCore controllers, with a broad IRB naming convention that spans small precision arms to heavy body-shop robots.
The company's IRB 360 FlexPicker delta robot is a widely recognized name in high-speed picking, and its GoFa and SWIFTI lines extend the lineup into collaborative applications.
ABB maintains a strong presence in automotive, and has pushed further into collaborative robotics and software-driven automation in recent years.
Common questions
- What is ABB known for?
- Swiss-Swedish industrial technology group and one of the largest robot manufacturers, known for the IRB line and the FlexPicker delta arm.
- Where is ABB based?
- ABB is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and was founded in 1988.
- What controllers does ABB use?
- Controller families include IRC5, OmniCore.