Jacobi Robotics Signs Collaboration with ABB Robotics to Bring AI-Powered Palletizing to ABB’s Integrator Network

04/08/2026
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●     ABB Robotics will incorporate Jacobi’s OmniPalletizer AI software with its robotics hardware and software, giving system integrators a productized path to mixed-case palletizing

●     Live demo at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, April 13–16 and Automate 2026 in Chicago, June 22-25

Jacobi Robotics, a leading Physical AI company for warehouse automation, today announced a collaboration with ABB Robotics, which will integrate Jacobi’s OmniPalletizer AI software within its portfolio of robotics hardware and software. The collaboration will give ABB Robotics’ network of system integrators a productized, repeatable way to deploy AI-powered mixed-case palletizing without upstream sequencing infrastructure, facility redesign, or custom engineering.Jacobi Robotics Signs Collaboration with ABB Robotics to Bring AI-Powered Palletizing to ABB’s Integrator Network

Mixed-case palletizing — building stable, store-ready pallets from live, unsequenced case flows — is one of the most labor-intensive and costly manual workflows in distribution. It costs the industry more than $15 billion per year in direct labor in the United States alone, and more than $50 billion annually when factoring in indirect costs1. Despite its scale, mixed-case palletizing has remained one of the last major warehouse workflows to automate — accessible until now only to the largest operations able to invest in greenfield sequencing systems.

 System integrators can purchase Jacobi’s OmniPalletizer solution, integrated within ABB Robotics’ industrial-grade robots, directly from ABB Robotics, adding site-specific elements — conveyors, safety systems, and sensors — as needed, to complete the cell. The result: integrators get a proven AI-powered software core backed by ABB Robotics’ full technical documentation, integration support, and global service organization standing behind the solution.

Key benefits of the collaboration include:

  • World-Class Hardware and Software: Jacobi’s AI software, paired with ABB Robotics’ industrial-grade solutions , gives integrators  the benefit of proven technology at both layers of the stack.
  • Brownfield-Ready Deployment: OmniPalletizer cells drop into existing conveyor lanes alongside live operations, eliminating the sequencing systems, facility modifications, and extended shutdowns that have historically put mixed-case automation out of reach.
  • Digital-Twin Validation: Every deployment is validated in advance using Jacobi’s proprietary simulation on the customer’s actual order history, so throughput, pallet quality, and ROI are established before a purchase order is placed.
  • Millions in Annual Savings Per Site: Automating mixed-case palletizing delivers measurable savings across direct labor, store-level labor, freight costs, product damage, and injury-related expenses.
  • A Platform That Improves Over Time: OmniPalletizer improves continuously through fleet-wide learning and regular software updates, ensuring that stacking performance, cube utilization, and operational reliability increase with every deployment across the network.

The collaboration arrives at a pivotal moment for physical operations. The same wave of AI advancement that has driven dramatic productivity gains in knowledge work is now reaching the physical world — and Jacobi Robotics is among the first companies to bring that capability into production at scale. With one of the world’s leading robotics companies standing behind it, OmniPalletizer moves from a breakthrough technology to an accessible, scalable solution available through ABB Robotics’ global channel.



 

“What sets Jacobi apart is the depth of their software and the rigor of their approach — they are in production, with real customers and real results. OmniPalletizer represents the kind of Physical AI capaReal-world stacks built by the Jacobi Mixed Case Palletizer for e-commerce fulfillment centerbility that we believe will define the next era of warehouse automation, and we are pleased to bring it to our integrators as a validated solution backed by ABB Robotics’’ technology, global reach and  service.”

—  John Bubnikovich, President, US Country Leader, ABB Robotics

“ABB Robotics is one of the most respected names in industrial robotics, and their decision to integrate OmniPalletizer is a meaningful validation of what we’ve built. What makes this collaboration special is not just the brand — it’s the people. ABB Robotics’ technical excellence and deep commitment to helping integrators succeed are qualities we experienced firsthand. Together, we’re giving integrators something that didn’t exist before: a repeatable, AI-powered path to mixed-case palletizing that works in the real warehouses their customers actually operate.”

— Max Cao, Chief Executive Officer, Jacobi Robotics

Jacobi Robotics will demonstrate the solution live at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, April 13–16. Visit Booth B-11723 to see OmniPalletizer in action.

Jacobi Robotics will demonstrate the solution live at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, April 13–16. Visit Booth B-11723 to see OmniPalletizer in action.

 1 – Estimate provided by prominent material handling system integrator

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