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 ...

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 ...

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a European-Japanese balance to dominance by Japanese firms and China's Midea Group.

Insights on how AI is transforming robotics applications, from autonomous mobile robots using visual SLAM technology to robots working in unstructured environments and handling unfamiliar objects. A ...

Automation technology from ABB Ltd has helped construct Japan’s first 3D-printed railway station building, assembled overnight between the last train of the day and the first train the following ...