Sunrise Robotics Accelerates Automation with AI-Powered GoFa Cobot Cells

Sunrise Robotics, a European technology company headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has deployed ABB Robotics' GoFa collaborative robots as the precision-driven physical layer for its intelligent autonomous robotic cells. The solution combines on-board AI, built-in perception, and radar-based safety to operate in human-centric manufacturing environments, performing pick and place, positioning, and machine-tending operations for high-mix manufacturing.

Sunrise selected GoFa for its combination of speed up to 2 m/s and high positional accuracy, along with a developer-friendly software architecture capable of running Sunrise's AI models in real time. By adjusting GoFa's motion parameters through software alone, Sunrise increased throughput by 20%, from 72 to 90 parts per hour, with no changes to hardware or AI models.

Robert Bevec, Product at Sunrise Robotics, stated:

"When you're deploying an intelligent, autonomous cell into a customer's production environment, every component must earn its place. ABB Robotics' GoFa arms give us the performance we need and the brand trust that makes our customers even more confident in what we've built."

On the software side, the combination of Robot Web Services (RWS) and Externally Guided Motion (EGM) provides Sunrise with a robust, layered control architecture. RWS manages low-frequency tasks such as program handling, while EGM supports high-frequency, real-time motion commands driven by Sunrise's AI models. Together, they create a system capable of dynamically responding to real-time environmental sensing.

Jose Manuel Bonilla Jimenez, Customer Success at Sunrise Robotics, stated:

"GoFa's open control architecture gave us the foundation to connect our AI directly to the physical world. By leveraging its flexible motion control capabilities, we increased throughput from 72 to 90 parts per hour through a single parameter change, with no modifications to our software, hardware or AI stack. That kind of flexibility is exactly what you need when you're optimizing live deployments for real customers."

Alessio Cocchi, Global Head of Cobot Sales at ABB Robotics, stated:

"By combining GoFa with AI in a proven collaborative robotics solution, organizations like Sunrise are enabled to innovate faster while maintaining the reliability their customers expect."

Sunrise has realized significant value from ABB's RobotStudio software, enabling remote control of GoFa arms for restoration from unexpected states without travelling to customer sites, reducing operational costs and minimizing downtime. The company's dual-arm robotic cells are designed for deployment in days and weeks rather than months, making automation accessible to small and medium-sized manufacturers across European industry.