{"id":8882,"date":"2026-03-30T06:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:24:52","slug":"softbank-abb-robotics-ai-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartfactory.lt\/lt\/softbank-abb-robotics-ai-future\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank\u2019s $5.4B purchase of ABB Robotics may change the future of robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With ABB&#8217;s decades of precision engineering and SoftBank&#8217;s AI, cloud, and data ecosystem, we may be at the onset of genuinely intelligent machines. That is, ones that learn and adapt in real time, and optimize their own actions.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential Upsides<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rapid onboarding for industrial robots of AI<\/li>\n<li>True end-to-end automation with ARM + Cloud + Robotics<\/li>\n<li>A greater understanding of and access to smart manufacturing tech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Potential Risks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Clash of cultures between industrial stability and rapid AI pace<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory hurdles regarding data ownership and rights<\/li>\n<li>Danger of overpromising before production readiness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If successful, this could be the beginning of the Physical AI age, where robots assume the role of contributors to the operations as opposed to tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With ABB&#8217;s decades of precision engineering and SoftBank&#8217;s AI, cloud, and data ecosystem, we may be at the onset of genuinely intelligent machines. 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