ABB Robotics is integrating tech giant Nvidia Corp.’s Omniverse libraries into its RobotStudio software “to help manufacturers deploy physical AI in real-world robotics applications,” ABB announced Monday.
A new joint platform called RobotStudio HyperReality will allow developers to accurately simulate robots within digital twins and then generate synthetic data that can be used to train physical-AI models.
The goal of the partnership is to close the persistent “sim-to-real” gap, or “the long-standing deficit between simulation accuracy and real-world lighting, materials and environments,” ABB said.
RobotStudio HyperReality is currently being tested with select customers before becoming available to ABB Robotics’ 60,000 global RobotStudio users in the latter half of 2026, the company said.
One such test customer is major Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn, which is employing the platform to virtually train its assembly robots in real-world production processes.
“The industrial sector needs physically accurate simulation to bridge the gap between virtual training and the real-world deployment of AI-driven robotics at scale,” Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at Nvidia, said in a statement. “Integrating Nvidia Omniverse libraries into RobotStudio brings advanced simulation and accelerated computing to ABB Robotics’ unique virtual-controller technology.”
In a virtual press conference Monday morning, ABB Robotics President Marc Segura was asked if the partnership with Nvidia was connected to SoftBank Group Corp.’s recent $5.4-billion purchase of the robotics division. Segura said there wasn’t a direct connection but that both milestones signified a larger strategic push to merge robotics with AI.
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