ABB buys tech company to give industrial robots eyes and brains


FILE PHOTO: Head of ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation business Sami Atiya poses next to robots in Zurich, Switzerland February 22, 2021. Picture taken February 22, 2021. ABB/Oliver Baer/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB has bought a company specialising in boosting the mobility of industrial robots - by using artificial intelligence and 3D vision to move around factories and warehouses.

The deal to buy Sevensense, a Swiss start-up, is the latest robotics investment by ABB and follows growing demand for industrial robots that can move and work independently.

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