ABB folds Omniverse into RobotStudio
ABB integrated NVIDIA Omniverse into RobotStudio, claiming near‑perfect sim‑to‑real parity by running the same virtual controller in sim and on hardware and using synthetic data for deformables and sensors. The update targets production‑grade AI training workflows for factories and advanced automation tasks. (x.com)
ABB will package the NVIDIA integration as RobotStudio HyperReality, a subscription offering scheduled for the second half of 2026. (businesswire.com) ABB and NVIDIA say models trained in HyperReality can reach up to 99% sim‑to‑real parity when using Omniverse’s physics, photorealism and large-scale synthetic-data generation. (blogs.nvidia.com) The announcement includes vendor projections that HyperReality can cut production costs by up to 40% and accelerate time‑to‑market by as much as 50% for complex manufacturing lines. (roboticstomorrow.com) ABB named Foxconn as a real‑world pilot partner for consumer‑electronics assembly while the robotic‑workforce company WORKR will demo the stack at NVIDIA GTC. (businesswire.com) ABB highlighted RobotStudio’s existing user base of more than 60,000 robotics engineers and tied HyperReality to its Absolute Accuracy capability, which ABB says reduces typical positioning error ranges of 8–15 mm down toward about 0.5 mm. (blogs.nvidia.com) Marc Segura, President of ABB Robotics, framed the partnership as removing the final barriers to industrial “physical AI,” and NVIDIA’s Deepu Talla emphasized the need for physically accurate simulation to scale AI‑driven robotics. (businesswire.com)
