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SoftBank to buy ABB's robot business for $5.4 billion in push to merge AI and robotics

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 ...
Digital Trends

Robot uprising a step closer with plan for factory where they build themselves

If the dreaded robot uprising is ever going to happen, it will soon have a base where it can manufacture its army … a place where robots will be making robots. Located in the Chinese city of Shanghai, ...
Reuters

ABB expands robot line-up for China to tap mid-sized customers

ZURICH, July 2 (Reuters) - ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab is launching three new families of factory robots designed specially for China, the Swiss engineering company said on Wednesday, as it aims to ...
Automation World

ABB introduces the IRB 1200 Foundry Plus 2, the smallest foundry robot in its class

ABB Robotics today unveiled its latest foundry robot for material handling and machine tending, the IRB 1200 Foundry Plus 2. The smallest foundry robot in its class, this compact robot can increase ...
Reuters

SoftBank to buy ABB's robot business for $5.4 billion in push to merge AI and robotics

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...