Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Deepens AI Push With $5.4 Billion ABB Robotics Deal

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics unit reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company ...
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SoftBank to buy ABB robotics unit for $5.4 billion as it boosts its AI play

SoftBank Group agreed to buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB for $5.4 billion. The move is part of a number of investments and acquisitions by SoftBank as it looks to position ...
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ABB Launches Five Axis Delta Robot Fastest for Lightweight Product Picking, Packing & Reorientation

ABB is expanding its FlexPicker ® Delta robot portfolio with the IRB 365. With five axis and 1.5kg payload, the IRB 365 is both flexible and the fastest in its class for reorienting packaged ...
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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 ...

SoftBank bulks up its robotics portfolio with ABB Group’s robotics unit

SoftBank says this acquisition will help it dive deeper into robotics as it considers physical AI to be the next frontier.
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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 ...