- ABB Robotics shares its vision for a new era of AI-powered Autonomous Versatile Robotics
- Made up of six core capabilities, Autonomous Versatile Robotics will define the future of industrial automation, where mobile robots plan and execute diverse tasks independently
- Foundational technologies showcased at automatica 2025, including live demo of OmniCore™ and exclusive previews of integrated, AI-enabled vision and RobotStudio® AI Assistant software
ABB Robotics will share its vision for true versatility and autonomy in industrial robotics, while showcasing the progress it has already made at the automatica 2025 in Munich, Germany.
“We are at a tipping point for AI and industrial robotics. Over the past decade, we’ve given robots eyes through 3D AI vision; hands through advanced force-sensing and precision dexterity; and mobility through autonomous navigation, but now is the time to combine these capabilities and take it further,” said Marc Segura, President of ABB Robotics.
“We call this Autonomous Versatile Robotics; a new era of true versatility and independence, where mobile robots can seamlessly switch between tasks, in real time and without effort or human intervention. Enabled by the quantum leap forward in generative AI, we are driving innovation beyond a fixed world of operating procedures and coding, to one where mobile robots can plan and execute a diverse range of tasks autonomously.”
Building the future – six core capabilities
Six core capabilities underpin ABB’s vision for Autonomous Versatile Robotics, combining attributes including: advanced AI vision, precision, speed, dexterity and mobility, for heightened real-world productivity and flexibility.
- Robot-human interaction – from programming to instructing (including no-code programming, lead-through and speak-through teaching and training)
- Sensing and perception – augmenting robots with vision, force, and other sensors. Fusing them and leveraging AI to make sense of the surrounding environment.
- Autonomous reasoning – at robot or fleet level, planning, and re-planning task sequences from central command or autonomously from environment changes.
- Motion control & Safety –the latest in automatic, collision-free path planning at high safety and performance levels
- Localization, Mapping and Navigation –Visual SLAM enabling accuracy, robustness, and semantic navigation.
- Dexterity – leveraging on sensors and E2E foundation model (VLAs) and other techniques, giving robots new manipulation capabilities
Rooted in real-world innovations, ABB’s future vision builds on many of the technologies that have already been commercialized.
“We have a rich 50-year heritage in not just disrupting with new technologies, but also scaling and commercializing them,” explained Segura. “We are already producing the technologies that can deliver our vision of Autonomous Versatile Robotics today.”
Below are examples of ABB’s transformative technology that will be on show at automatica:
OmniCoreTM: one control platform enabling the future. A key enabler of ABB’s future vision makes its European debut as a live demo at automatica. The powerful new OmniCoreTM modular platform is a unique control architecture that integrates ABB Robotics’ complete range of hardware and software, enabling AI-driven applications.
Integrated AI vision for advanced sensing & perception. ABB previews its new integrated, AI-enabled vision system software, which shortens setup time for vision-based applications and adds sense and perception to OmniCore-powered robots.
Flexible Item Picking for true autonomous grasping: ABB’s AI Robotic Item Picker shows how advanced visual AI, combined with collision free path planning can enable robots to autonomously see and pick unknown objects in unstructured environments
Precision navigation for autonomous movement. The new Flexley Mover® AMR P603 with Visual SLAM sets a new standard for precision in logistics automation with market-leading accuracy of ±5 mm, an ultra-smooth, noiseless drive system and a load capacity of up to 1,500 kg.
No-code programming evolves robot-human interaction. ABB’s Flexley Mover demo also showcases AMR Studio®, which simplifies commissioning with an intuitive no-code interface, while ABB’s RobotStudio® AI Assistant preview shows how generative AI can check faults, rewrite and combine code to enhance RobotStudio® accessibility.
ABB Robotics’ path to the future will be further explained at its press conference, at 9.30 am CET, 25 June 2025, on its stand (321 in hall B5) at automatica 2025, an event that will also be livestreamed on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/events/7338823259116793856/about/
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