YuMi, a human-friendly dual-arm robot design for assembly work alongside humans, is scheduled for release in 2015. The past year has been, in many ways, a landmark year for advances in robotics. I say ...

If a human worker can do it, why not a robot? Swiss robotics giant ABB recently unveiled a new concept robot that showcases how the company is aiming to have humanoid machines work side by side with ...

ABB is adding two new robot ranges to its portfolio of large robots for complex manufacturing applications. Delivering“enhanced speed, accuracy, flexibility, and a more robust design including ...

As labor shortages in the manufacturing industries continue to swell, a continued uptick in demand for robotics is expected. Along with this surge in robot hardware, growth in accompanying software ...

BRAMPTON, ON, Dec. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Sheridan's Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT) has become the first facility in Canada to acquire ABB's YuMi® robot. A special event ...

ABB's new 75,000-square-foot factory will use software meant to allow people and robots to work safely in close proximity, the company said, adding its YuMi robots -- designed to work side-by-side ...

The Swiss-based robotics group ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub in the U.S. and unveiled a new concept robot that could assist laboratory staff with their day-to-day tasks. The YuMi ...

Autonomous mobile robots are now part of portfolio with robotics and machine automation products, to ad-dress opportunities and challenges presented by individualization and labor and supply-chain ...

ABB has secured a contract to deliver more than 250 robots to Valmet Automotive. The machines, which are to be installed at Valmet’s Uusikaupunki body shop in Finland, will be used to produce the new ...

Robots will make robots at a new ABB factory in China, which the Swiss engineering group said on Saturday it plans to build for $150 million in Shanghai as it defends its place as the country's ...

ZURICH — Robots will make robots at a new ABB factory in China, which the Swiss engineering group said on Saturday it plans to build for $150 million in Shanghai as it defends its place as the country ...