PORTAGE, Mich., USA – March 9, 2026 – ABB Robotics has announced the integration of NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into itsRobotStudio® software, enabling manufacturers to deploy physical AI in industrial robotics with up to 99% accuracy. The move aims to close the long-standing ‘sim-to-real’ gap, allowing businesses to train robots virtually and implement them in real-world production environments.
“Today, using NVIDIA accelerated computing and simulation technologies, we have removed the last barriers to making industrial and physical AI a reality at a global scale,” said Marc Segura, President of ABB Robotics.
The collaboration merges ABB Robotics’ RobotStudio® suite with NVIDIA Omniverse’s accurate simulations to create RobotStudio HyperReality. This platform enables industrial robots to train with synthetic data and optimize using real-world feedback, accelerating production scaling, reducing costs by up to 40%, and cutting time-to-market for complex products by up to 50%.
“The industrial sector needs physically accurate simulation to bridge the gap between virtual training and real-world deployment of AI-driven robotics,” said Deepu Talla, Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA.
RobotStudio HyperReality will serve customers across multiple industries, with pilot programs already underway. Foxconn is testing the platform in consumer electronics assembly, using virtual training to optimize multiple production processes before deployment on the factory floor, achieving up to 99% accuracy.
WORKR, a U.S.-based robotic workforce company, is also leveraging ABB and NVIDIA’s technology to help small and medium manufacturers address labor shortages. Their AI-powered robotic systems can learn new tasks in minutes and be operated without programming expertise, making advanced automation accessible to businesses of all sizes.
ABB Robotics emphasized that RobotStudio HyperReality will be available to its 60,000 RobotStudio customers worldwide in the second half of 2026. The company also continues to explore integrating NVIDIA Jetson edge computing into its Omnicore controllers for real-time AI inference across its robot portfolio.
“This collaboration is about making industrial AI deployable today,” said Ken Macken, CEO & Founder of WORKR. “Together with ABB and NVIDIA, we're proving that advanced automation can work for manufacturers of any size.”
ABB Robotics is recognized as a global leader in robotics, providing an integrated AI-powered portfolio of robots, cobots, and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) designed to improve efficiency, resilience, and flexibility across industries.
