Nvidia, ABB Robotics partner on factory robot training

ABB Robotics, the industrial robotics unit of Swiss group ABB, said it will integrate Nvidia Omniverse libraries into RobotStudio to help manufacturers deploy physical AI, and will launch RobotStudio HyperReality in H2 2026.

ABB said the integration will let developers generate synthetic data, train physical AI models, and narrow the sim-to-real gap.

The firm said RobotStudio HyperReality can reach up to 99 percent simulation accuracy, and that its virtual controller runs the same firmware as the hardware.

ABB said this approach could cut setup and commissioning times by up to 80 percent, reduce costs by up to 40 percent, and speed time to market by up to 50 percent.

🔗 Source: ABB

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ABB’s virtual controller and robot accuracy underpin its 99% simulation accuracy claim

ABB links its up to 99% simulation-to-reality accuracy to more than NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for building and connecting 3D simulations and digital twins 1.
ABB says it is the only robot maker with a virtual controller that runs the same firmware as the hardware controller 2.
ABB Robotics’ Absolute Accuracy technology cuts positioning errors from 8–15 mm to about 0.5 mm, according to ABB 1.
ABB frames this precision as a way to train high-accuracy tasks in a virtual setting, including consumer electronics assembly that Foxconn is piloting 2.

This partnership is positioned to reach smaller manufacturers as well as large factories

The Foxconn pilot focuses on large-scale production, while WORKR (a company focused on deploying AI-enabled industrial robotics) offers a path to smaller manufacturers 1.
WORKR says it can bring the same tools to small and medium manufacturers across the United States, with labor shortages as a driver 2.
The plan centers on AI-powered robotic systems built on ABB technology that do not require operators to know programming, and WORKR says its robotic workforce can learn new tasks in minutes and be run by anyone 1.
ABB describes the effort as a demonstration and expansion push, not a defined commercial model 2.