ABB launches three new robot series, produced by Shanghai Super Factory

ABB launches three new robot series, produced by Shanghai Super Factory

ABB, a leading robotics company, has launched three new robot series to assist in the transformation and development of China's advanced manufacturing industry. The new product launched this time is produced at ABB Robotics Shanghai Super Factory, solving the multidimensional automation needs of high growth industries such as electronics, consumer goods, and general industry. All series are equipped with ABB robot OmniCore ™ A single controller platform, which will realize the comprehensive integration of artificial intelligence, sensors, cloud computing and edge computing systems, and create advanced and autonomous robot applications.

China is not only the world's largest robotics market, but also the most important market for ABB's global business development, "said An Shiming, President of ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation Division." The booming development of China's electronic manufacturing and other industries, as well as the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises, is driving strong demand for convenient and easy-to-use automation solutions, and we are actively responding to this trend.

ABB's new robot series includes Lite+, designed specifically for basic material handling, picking, and placing operations. It is compact in structure, easy to use, and seamlessly integrates with the new IRB 1200 and other IRB series robots, providing flexible end-to-end production solutions for industries such as electronics manufacturing; PoWa, a compact collaborative robot designed for speed, collaboration, and efficiency, has an industrial grade speed of up to 5.8 m/s. It is an ideal choice for fast picking and placing, palletizing, and machine loading and unloading. Currently, it is mainly targeted at the Chinese market and can achieve no code programming. It also enables plug and play of peripherals, taking only 60 minutes from unboxing to normal operation; The newly designed IRB 1200 small industrial robot reduces weight by about 20% and is aimed at the global market. It has been optimized for high-speed, high-precision applications such as assembly, polishing, and coating. All three robot series are equipped with OmniCore ™ The controller platform ensures seamless integration and can be integrated with ABB's industry-leading software suite.

By providing flexible, modular, and AI driven technologies to lower the threshold for automation, we are driving the application of advanced manufacturing in emerging fields and supporting the next round of industrial innovation in China and globally, "said Ma Sikang, Global President of ABB Robotics Business Unit.

ABB's press conference in Shanghai also showcased a groundbreaking AI driven natural language robot teaching software tool, which runs on a new PoWa collaborative robot. By combining generative AI and analytical AI, the robot teaching process is accelerated through three simple steps of "seeing, speaking, and doing". The robot perceives the surrounding environment through vision, processes voice commands in real time, and quickly converts them into precise actions.

It is reported that China is the world's largest robot market, accounting for over half of the global robot installations by 2023. Currently, over 90% of the robots provided by ABB to Chinese customers are produced locally.