The Challenge: Manufacturing to meet new demands
Manufacturers today face a perfect storm of rising energy costs, labor shortages, evolving safety regulations, and growing pressure to meet sustainability targets. Whether it’s in automotive, aerospace, logistics, or electronics, the expectations are clear: faster production cycles, higher precision, and more flexible, smarter automation—and all with a lower environmental impact.
The Opportunity: Enhance production with more efficient automation
Energy consumption is the largest cost factor in robotics-driven production. Traditional robot controllers not only consume more power, they also require more cooling. The game changer - A controller platform that not only uses less energy, but also feeds energy back into the grid.
Enter OmniCore from ABB Robotics - an essential platform for forward-thinking manufacturers. Built to power the next generation of robotic performance, OmniCore helps transform today’s robots into the intelligent, connected systems your factor (and customers) demand.
OmniCore™: Powering the Next Generation of Sustainable Automation
The OmniCore™ platform is ABB Robotics’ response to the modern manufacturing era. It delivers a unified, modular, and intelligent robotic control solution that drives:
Energy Efficiency
- Up to 20% less energy consumption compared to previous-generation controllers.
- Automated path planning reduces hardware stress and saves up to an additional 30% of operating energy.
- Improved power conversion reduces energy loss and cooling requirements.
- Built-in regenerative energy is routed back to the factory grid.
- Remote switch that enables power control during downtime.
Productivity That Scales
- Robots run up to 25% faster with OmniCore.
- Faster commissioning—reduced from weeks to days—with more than 1,000 pre-engineered features.
- Class-leading motion control ensuring high-speed, high-accuracy performance.
Improved Safety & Cybersecurity
- Eight layers of security, from user authentication to encrypted communications.
- Up to 100 configurable safety setups, enabling safe collaboration between humans and robots.
- Traceability features ensuring full visibility for compliance with current and future safety standards.
Optimized Digitalization and AI Integration
- Seamless integration with all major communication protocols.
- Support for AI processing, cloud, and edge computing, IoT, enabling smart automation and predictive maintenance.
- Advanced diagnostics and remote management allowing up to 60% faster support response times.
Endless Flexibility
From automotive to high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, OmniCore™ supports ABB’s broadest range of robots and applications. Whether you're automating welding applications, quality inspections, or collaborative tasks with cobots, OmniCore™ adapts to your needs.
Ready for the Future? Let’s get to it with OmniCore™
With OmniCore™, manufacturers don’t just get a robot controller—they gain a scalable platform that boosts uptime, reduces total cost of ownership, and accelerates digital transformation. It’s designed to solve real-world production challenges, whether you’re building EVs, assembling aircraft, or packaging consumer goods.
Ready to See What You Could Save?
Simply input a few details about your production setup - robot type, cycle time, working hours - and the tool will estimate your potential energy savings.
You can also adjust different scenarios to explore even better results, whether it’s optimizing cycle time, adjusting brake engagement, or powering down robots during weekends. It’s fast, intuitive, and tailored to your operations.
Let’s get to it. Try the OmniCore™ Calculator now for free
