By Steve Crowe
Publication Date: 2026-03-09 17:22:00
ABB Robotics is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into RobotStudio to enhance robot simulation and streamline real-world deployments. The capability will be released as the subscription-based RobotStudio HyperReality in the second half of 2026.
ABB said RobotStudio is used by more than 60,000 robotics engineers worldwide to design robot cells, program robots offline, and simulate production processes. The companies said improved simulation and AI training workflows could make automation more practical for small and mid-sized manufacturers.
With the new integration, robot cells, including robots, sensors, parts, and lighting, can be exported to Omniverse environments for physics-based simulation and rendering. ABB said the improved simulation, combined with its Absolute Accuracy calibration technology, can reduce robot positioning errors to around 0.5 mm in calibrated systems. It added that this helps maintain consistency between simulation and deployed applications.
“RobotStudio HyperReality makes industrial-grade physical AI ready for real-world deployment at scale,” said Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics. “It can significantly accelerate product development, cutting setup times by up to 80%, reducing costs by 40%, and enabling concurrent engineering without physical prototypes—ultimately speeding time-to-market by around 50% for complex products.”
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