New prospects for robotics and AI in 2024
The Head of the Robotics Division at ABB, Marc Segura, outlines three main drivers for robot-assisted AI solutions in 2024, with an increased focus on the crucial role of AI.
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The Head of the Robotics Division at ABB, Marc Segura, outlines three main drivers for robot-assisted AI solutions in 2024, with an increased focus on the crucial role of AI.

ABB has been working with the Swiss startup Sevensense since 2021 and has now acquired the startup. With this acquisition, ABB is continuing to pursue its vision of supporting people with AI-supported mobile robotics.
ABB is expanding its portfolio of collaborative robots (cobots) with the 'GoFa' and 'Swifti' cobot families, which offer higher payloads and speeds.
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Setting up transparent status monitoring for electric drives usually involves a lot of effort. In addition, the secure connection through the local network is often a hurdle. But what if you could simply monitor your inverters in the cloud via mobile communications?

The Board of Directors of ABB has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren as Chief Executive Officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO Peter Voser in this role on March 1, 2020.
ABB announced today that CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) is stepping down from the position he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Voser (61), will also assume the position of interim CEO with immediate effect.

International Federation of Robotics
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Junji Tsuda from Yaskawa Electric in Japan as its new president. Tsuda succeeds Joe Gemma from Kuka, who is handing over the position to his successor after two years in office. The new Vice President is Steven Wyatt from ABB.

The ABB Group has announced the takeover of the Austrian company Bernecker + Rainer Industrie Elektronik (B&R) in order to close its historic gap in machine and factory automation.

ABB Germany - Financial year 2016
ABB Germany was able to further increase its profit in the 2016 financial year despite a persistently difficult market environment. However, order intake and sales declined.

ABB - 4th quarter and full year 2016
The ABB Group has announced its figures for the 2016 financial year: Although growth in order intake and sales was recorded in the final quarter, the annual balance sheet shows a minus for both key figures.