SoftBank Group agreed to buy the robotics division of Swiss engineering firm ABB for $5.4 billion. The move is part of a number of investments and acquisitions by SoftBank as it looks to position ...
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 ...
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ABB and Psyonic test prosthetic data for robot dexterity

While today’s robotics industry has made huge strides in replicating known movements, it still has a hard time when ...
ABB Robotics has partnered with California-based bionic company PSYONIC to develop more dexterous robotic ...
SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.