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 ...

The two companies will build a research environment that makes small-molecule synthesis faster, cheaper, and less repetitive.

The acquisition brings together SoftBank's AI know-how and ABB's robotics expertise as companies race to stay ahead of tech advances. Japan's SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the robotics branch ...

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 ...

ABB Robotics has invested in California-based LandingAI to accelerate its use of vision AI. A key goal of this investment involves the integration of LandingAI’s vision AI tech, such as LandingLens, ...

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a ...

Japan's SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the robotics branch of Swiss engineering company ABB for $5.37 billion (€4.62bn) as it pushes ahead with physical AI. Unlike digital AI, which works in the ...

Earlier this year, Automation World interviewed Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics and we asked him about the news that ABB was planning to spin off ABB Robotics as a stand-alone business. He said ...

Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...

The Pepper humanoid robot developed by SoftBank. SoftBank Group—controlled by Japan’s richest person, Masayoshi Son—has agreed to buy the robotics unit of Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd. for $5.4 ...

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) said on Wednesday it will buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB (OTC:ABBNY) in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese firm looks to boost its ...