ABB Robotics delivers new industry-ready physical AI at Automate 2026

• ABB Robotics’ brings a wide range of demonstrations showcasing the six capabilities at the core of Autonomous Versatile Robotics (AVR™)
• The first showcase of the software stack behind ABB Robotics’ Physical AI toolchain—from simulation to industrial-grade, real-world execution
• Experience speak-through technology, which redefinines how people interact with robots and extends ABB Robotics’ leadership in AI-enabled, human-centric robotics
• Debut of ABB Robotics new, high-speed, higher payload PoWa™ cobot family

ABB Robotics will bring physical AI to life at Automate 2026 (Booth #1241), featuring a wide range of demonstrations, including the debut of its Physical AI Toolchain. This showcases a software stack spanning data generation, training and validation, deployment and optimization— to enable industrial-grade accuracy in robot AI models.

“For decades, industrial robots have operated within fixed, pre-programmed routines,” said Marc Segura, President of ABB Robotics. “Now physical AI fundamentally changes how robots operate and the value they create. Through Autonomous Versatile Robotics (AVR), we have been equipping robots with new capabilities: eyes to see, hands to handle and the mobility to move through their environment, enabling them to perform faster, safer and smarter across a broader range of applications. Now, with the debut of our Physical AI Toolchain, we’re enabling robots to be trained faster and more accurately using simulated, synthetic or real data, bridging simulation and real-world performance with unprecedented precision. We look forward to revealing more about this at Automate.”

Following ABB Robotics’ partnership with NVIDIA in March 2026, which closed the sim-to-real gap with RobotStudio^® HyperReality, ABB Robotics will reveal more details about the software stack behind its Physical AI Toolchain at Automate 2026. This training process enables connected robots to learn from fully simulated, synthetic and real-world data and apply it to real-world operations with industrial-grade accuracy.

Through a wide range of on-stand demonstrations, ABB Robotics will also showcase the six capabilities at the core of Autonomous Versatile Robotics (AVR) - from intuitive human-machine interaction to intelligent sensing and perception, autonomous learning and reasoning, precise motion control, navigation and dexterity.

The specially zoned ABB Robotics stand demos will include the following highlights:

Seamless Collaboration

Automate 2026 will mark the show debut of ABB Robotics new, high-speed, higher payload PoWa cobot family, alongside ABB Robotics’ new exclusive collaboration with Aura Sensae; a pioneer in intelligent capacitive sensing. Combining a GoFa™ surface finishing demo with Aura Sensae’s patented HEXOPUS safe proximity sensing technology, enables the robot to sense, understand, and respond dynamically to human presence in real time.

ABB collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots will be working together to inspect, assemble, paint and deliver a component in one connected process, showing the flexibility of cobots to handle a range of possible tasks with the simple addition of accessories. 

Smarter Vision

An AI-powered palletizing cell, demonstrating the combined power of vision, learning and reasoning, to dynamically handle fully randomized palletizing, for increased product density and reduce material handling costs.

Intuitive Interaction

Advancements in intuitive interfaces, demonstrating the potential for robot interaction beyond fixed hardware, and the ability to bringing true vision intelligence to any camera or sensor hardware, through smart OmniCore™ EyeMotion software.

Automate visitors will also see ABB Robotics’ speak-through technology in action, redefining how people interact with robots and illustrating its leadership in AI-enabled, human-centric robotics.

ABB Robotics’ stand will also focus on customers: an Automotive Customer Day will take place on June 23 and a Software & Digital Day on June 24, with exclusive on-stand events.