SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics unit reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company was behind the development of humanoid, Pepper, which was unveiled in 2014.

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 ...

SoftBank says this acquisition will help it dive deeper into robotics as it considers physical AI to be the next frontier.

ABB Ltd ABB announced that it acquired Ede, Netherlands-based company Codian Robotics B.V. on Oct 1. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed by the company. It is worth noting ...

ZURICH, July 2 (Reuters) - ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab is launching three new families of factory robots designed specially for China, the Swiss engineering company said on Wednesday, as it aims to ...

ABB accelerates expansion into distribution and e-commerce fulfilment sectors with Covariant AI technology, who won an ABB global competition to find a leading AI partner for co-developing intelligent ...