On July 2025, ABB, a global leader in the field of robotics and mechanical automation, grandly launched three new robot series in the Chinese market, bringing innovative breakthroughs to the field of intelligent automation. This new product release not only demonstrates ABB's profound accumulation in robotics technology but also highlights its firm support for the transformation of China's advanced manufacturing industry.
It is reported that these three new robot series are specially designed to meet the diverse needs of high - growth fields in the Chinese market, covering multiple sectors such as the electronics industry, consumer goods industry, and general industry. The application scenarios range from basic material handling to high - precision operations like gluing and polishing. All new series are equipped with ABB's advanced OmniCore™ controller platform, which integrates cutting - edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensors, cloud computing, and edge computing, laying a solid foundation for the creation of autonomous and efficient robot applications.
Among the new products released this time, the PoWa CRB 1810 collaborative robot is particularly eye - catching (A picture of the PoWa CRB 1810 collaborative robot can be inserted here to show its smooth appearance and compact design). As a compact collaborative robot built for speed, collaboration, and efficiency, the PoWa CRB 1810 boasts an industry - leading industrial - grade speed of 5.8 meters per second, making it an ideal choice for tasks such as rapid picking and placing, palletizing, and machine tool loading and unloading. Meanwhile, the robot supports no - code programming, and peripherals can be plug - and - play. It takes only 60 minutes from unboxing to putting it into use, greatly lowering the threshold for small and medium - sized enterprises to realize automated production.
In addition, the newly designed IRB 1200 small industrial robot is about 20% lighter than the previous generation product and has a more compact structure. It can help manufacturers build more space - saving production units and improve production efficiency. The Lite + series, on the other hand, focuses on basic material handling and picking and placing operations. Its compact structure and ease of use provide a convenient solution for the automation transformation of small enterprises.
At the press conference, ABB also demonstrated an AI - driven natural language robot teaching software tool running on the new PoWa collaborative robot. By combining generative AI and analytical AI, this tool enables the robot to quickly understand and execute task instructions in just three simple steps of "look, say, and do", greatly accelerating the robot teaching process and improving the efficiency of human - robot collaboration.
China is the world's largest robot market, with robot installations accounting for more than half of the global total in 2023. Sami Atiya, President of ABB Group's Robotics and Discrete Automation Division, said: "The Chinese market is crucial for ABB. By launching new robot series, we aim to meet the strong demand for user - friendly automation solutions from industries such as China's electronics manufacturing and a large number of small and medium - sized enterprises, helping customers enter a new stage of automation."
At present, more than 90% of the robots ABB provides to Chinese customers are produced locally. The release of these new robot series not only reflects ABB's high attention to the Chinese market but also shows its determination to promote the continuous development of China's advanced manufacturing industry through localized innovation.