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ABB is a robotics company founded 1988, based in Switzerland, developing 18 robots primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
ABB has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 deployment on record, none maker-verified.
Shipped
4named customers · 1 tied to a specific robot
none maker-verified · on 1 robot
- Junglekeepers· Peru· YuMitherobotreport.com ↗
Used by
Named in a public source that did not say which model
- Serendix· Japanabb.com
- WellSpan Health· United Stateshitconsultant.net
- Hitachi Powdered Metals USA· United Statesnew.abb.com
Collaborative and industrial robots for flexible automation
ABB Robotics develops collaborative and industrial robots, including GoFa cobots, the IRB 1200 series, and automated surface finishing cells for manufacturing automation. Its robots are used in general industrial applications such as assembly and material handling, and ABB markets them globally through its robotics division based in Switzerland.
Active products
18
RoboIndex
80.31
RoboScore 74.18 + Momentum 6.13
Price range
$29.3K – $65K
2 of 18 priced
Company facts
- HQ
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Founded
- 1988 · 38 yrs
- Employees
- 100,000+
- Website
- www.abb.com/robotics
- View profile ↗
RoboScore
74.18 RoboScore + 6.13 Momentum· Very strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #2 of 142·Cobot·best robot 73.62 + depth 4.31 + news 6.13 = total 84.06
- #5 of 338·Industrial Arm·best robot 65.69 + depth 4.31 + news 6.13 = total 76.13
- #36 of 167·Warehouse AMR·best robot 57.14 + depth 0.00 + news 6.13 = total 63.27
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Awards & recognition
- ABB GoFa named one of the most innovative collaborative robots2021new.abb.com ↗
- ABB YuMi awarded for innovation in collaborative robotics2015new.abb.com ↗
- ABB IRB 6700 recognized for energy efficiency and performance2014new.abb.com ↗
Milestones
ABB introduced the IRB 1200 family for compact, high-speed industrial automation applications.
Press coverage
- ABB, Vention bring GoFa cobots to small & midsize manufacturers
The Robot Report
- ABB launches Ultra Accuracy feature for GoFa cobots
Robotics 24/7
- ABB launches GoFa higher payload cobot for collaborative tasks up to 5kg
ABB News · Feb 2021
- GoFa collaborative robot delivers speed, safety, and simplicity for true collaboration
ABB Robotics · Feb 2021
- GOFA Collaborative Robot – Go Faster & Further Cobot
ABB Robotics · Feb 2021
- ABB expands cobot portfolio with GoFa and SWIFTi
Robot Report · Feb 2021
- ABB rolls out new collaborative robots to boost factory automation
Reuters · Feb 2021
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
+6.13momentumof 15 maxABB Robotics introduces two new high-performance robots for precision manufacturing
In the news
8 events · last 90 days
Why ABB has been in the news, across 10 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Public loss record
Switzerland sits outside the EU Safety Gate and we have found no national product-incident register covering robots. A blank record here is unmeasured.
Active products by ABB
18 shown| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | ABB IRB-2600 | Industrial Arm | Reach 1.9 m·Payload 20 kg | — | 2015 | 80.7 |
| 2 |  | YuMi | Cobot | Payload 0.5 kg·Reach 560 mm | — | 2011 | 75.4 |
| 3 |  | Single Arm YuMi® | Cobot | Payload 0.5 kg·Reach 559 mm | — | — | 73.6 |
| 4 |  | ABB IRB 120 FlexMove | Industrial Arm | Reach 900 mm·Payload 12 kg | $65K | 2018 | 72.8 |
| 5 |  | ABB IRB-4600 | Industrial Arm | Reach 2.5 m·Payload 60 kg | — | 2015 | 72.8 |
| 6 |  | ABB IRB-6600 | Industrial Arm | Reach 3.2 m·Payload 225 kg | — | 2015 | 67.7 |
| 7 |  | Automated Surface Finishing Cell | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.1 mm·DOF 6 DOF | — | 2026 | 65.7 |
| 8 |  | YuMi IRB 14000 | Cobot | Payload 0.5 kg·Reach 500 mm | — | — | 65.5 |
| 9 |  | IRB 6700 | Industrial Arm | Reach 2.6 m·Payload 300 kg | — | — | 64.8 |
| 10 |  | IRB 1200 | Industrial Arm | Reach 901 mm·Payload 7 kg | — | — | 64.7 |
| 11 |  | SWIFTI CRB 1100 | Cobot | Payload 4 kg·Reach 1.1 m | $29.3K | — | 63.2 |
| 12 |  | IRB 1100 | Industrial Arm | Reach 580 mm·Payload 4 kg | — | — | 59.9 |
| 13 |  | GoFa™ CRB 15000 | Cobot | DOF 6 DOF | — | 2021 | 59.6 |
| 14 | Flexley Stack F712 | Warehouse AMR | Top speed 1.7 m/s | — | 2026 | 57.1 | |
| 15 |  | GoFa 5 | Cobot | — | — | 2021 | 55.2 |
| 16 |  | GoFa™ CBR 15000-5 | Cobot | Repeatability ±0.02 mm·DOF 6 DOF | — | — | 46.3 |
| 17 |  | ABB IRB 1200 5/0.9 | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.02 mm·DOF 6 DOF | — | — | 46.1 |
| 18 |  | ABB IRB 1100-4/0.58 | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.01 mm·DOF 6 DOF | — | — | 45.9 |
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