MODEX 2026: Jacobi Robotics, ABB Robotics collaborate to bring AI-powered palletizing to ABB’s integrator network

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Physical AI for warehouse automation company Jacobi Robotics announced a collaboration with ABB Robotics, which will integrate Jacobi’s OmniPalletizer AI software within ABB’s portfolio of robotics hardware and software.

ABB said that the collaboration gives its network of system integrators a productized, repeatable way to deploy AI-powered mixed-case palletizing without upstream sequencing infrastructure, facility redesign or custom engineering.

Jacobi Robotics will feature a demo of OmniPalletizer at its booth during MODEX 2026.

Palletizing partnership expands automation opportunities

Jacobi Robotics and ABB Robotics said that mixed-case palletizing - building stable, store-ready pallets from live, unsequenced case flows - is one of the most labor-intensive and costly manual workflows in distribution. The companies said that it costs the industry more than $15 billion per year in direct labor in the United States alone, and more than $50 billion annually when factoring in indirect costs.

Jacobi and ABB said that, despite its scale, mixed-case palletizing has remained one of the last major warehouse workflows to resist automation - accessible until now only to the largest operations able to invest in greenfield sequencing systems.

“ABB Robotics is one of the most respected names in industrial robotics, and their decision to integrate OmniPalletizer is a meaningful validation of what we’ve built,” said Max Cao, CEO, Jacobi Robotics. “What makes this collaboration special is not just the brand - it’s the people. ABB Robotics’ technical excellence and deep commitment to helping integrators succeed are qualities we experienced firsthand. Together, we’re giving integrators something that didn’t exist before: a repeatable, AI-powered path to mixed-case palletizing that works in the real warehouses their customers actually operate.”

Jacobi Robotics and ABB Robotics provided the following benefits of their collaboration:

• World-class hardware and software: Jacobi’s AI software, paired with ABB Robotics’ industrial-grade technologies, gives integrators the benefit of proven technology at both layers of the stack.
• Brownfield-ready deployment: OmniPalletizer cells drop into existing conveyor lanes alongside live operations, eliminating the sequencing systems, facility modifications and extended shutdowns that have historically put mixed-case automation out of reach.
• Digital-twin validation: Every deployment is validated in advance using Jacobi’s proprietary simulation on the customer’s actual order history, so throughput, pallet quality and ROI are established before a purchase order is placed.
• Millions in annual savings per site: Automating mixed-case palletizing delivers measurable savings across direct labor, store-level labor, freight costs, product damage and injury-related expenses.
• A platform that improves over time: OmniPalletizer improves continuously through fleet-wide learning and regular software updates, ensuring that stacking performance, cube utilization and operational reliability increase with every deployment across the network.

“What sets Jacobi apart is the depth of their software and the rigor of their approach - they are in production, with real customers and real results,” said John Bubnikovich, president, U.S. country leader, ABB Robotics. OmniPalletizer represents the kind of physical AI capability that we believe will define the next era of warehouse automation, and we are pleased to bring it to our integrators as a validated solution backed by ABB Robotics’ technology, global reach and service.