ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics' investment in LandingAI marks a step toward ABB's goal of Autonomous Versatile Robotics.
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ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics' investment in LandingAI marks a step toward ABB's goal of Autonomous Versatile Robotics.
ABB Robotics announced it has invested in California-based LandingAI.
ABB said the investment looks to accelerate the transformation of vision AI, making it faster, more intuitive, and accessible to a broader range of users.
This collaboration will integrate LandingAI’s vision AI capabilities, like LandingLens, into ABB Robotics’ own software suite, which the company said marks another milestone in its journey towards truly autonomous and versatile robots.
As part of the collaboration, ABB has made a venture capital investment through ABB Robotics Ventures, the strategic venture capital unit of ABB Robotics.
ABB said its investment arm looks to drive collaboration and investment in innovative early-stage companies that are shaping the future of robotics and automation. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.
“This announcement is the latest in our decade-long journey to innovate and commercialize AI, benefitting our customers by enhancing robot versatility and autonomy to expand the use of robots beyond traditional manufacturing,” said Sami Atiya, president of ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation. “The demand for AI in robotics is driven by the need for greater flexibility, faster commissioning cycles and a shortage of the specialist skills needed to program and operate robots. Our collaboration with LandingAI will mean installation and deployment time is done in hours instead of weeks, allowing more businesses to automate smarter, faster and more efficiently.”
LandingLens is Landing AI’s vision AI platform that enables the rapid training of vision AI systems to recognize and respond to objects, patterns or defects without complex programming or AI expertise required.
Through this collaboration, ABB Robotics said it will reduce robot vision AI training and deployment time by up to 80 percent.
Once deployed, ABB added that system integrators and end users can retrain the AI for new scenarios on their own, unlocking a new level of versatility. The company said this is a critical step in scaling robot adoption in dynamic environments, beyond traditional manufacturing, especially in fast-moving sectors such as logistics, healthcare and food and beverage.
ABB is already piloting LandingAI’s technology and actively working to integrate it into existing vision AI applications, including item-picking, sorting, depalletizing and quality inspection.
“AI is advancing quickly, creating many opportunities, but also requiring us to keep learning and adapting new skills,” said Dan Maloney, CEO of LandingAI. “By combining LandingAI’s vision AI capabilities with ABB’s robots and software, we can make automation more accessible. This makes it easier for businesses to deploy and scale intelligent robotic systems that are practical and useful.
ABB Robotics said it is the only robotics company offering a fully integrated AI training tool within its software suite. It will be available alongside ABB’s simulation and programming tool RobotStudio, which features digital twin capabilities to further simplify commissioning.
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