ABB Robotics has partnered with Nvidia to launch RobotStudio HyperReality, an enhanced version of its RobotStudio suite that integrates Nvidia Omniverse libraries. The goal is to close the long-standing 'sim-to-real' gap in industrial robotics, enabling manufacturers to deploy physical AI at scale. Marc Segura, president of ABB Robotics, stated that the collaboration removes barriers to making industrial AI a reality by combining ABB's virtual controller technology with Nvidia's accelerated computing and simulation.
Key takeaways
- RobotStudio HyperReality combines ABB's programming and simulation suite with Nvidia Omniverse for physically accurate digital twins and synthetic data generation, achieving up to 99% simulation-to-real-world accuracy.
- ABB's virtual controller runs the same firmware as its hardware, ensuring near-perfect correlation, and its Absolute Accuracy technology reduces positioning errors to around 0.5 mm.
- Manufacturers can cut setup and commissioning times by up to 80%, reduce costs by up to 40% by eliminating physical prototypes, and accelerate time-to-market for complex products by 50%.
- Foxconn is piloting the technology for consumer electronics assembly, training robots virtually before deployment. WORKR is extending it to small and medium manufacturers in the U.S., with a demonstration planned at Nvidia GTC 2026.
The full release to ABB's 60,000 RobotStudio customers is expected in the second half of 2026. ABB is also evaluating integrating Nvidia Jetson into its Omnicore controller for real-time edge AI inference.
Source: Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com) · Published 2026-03-09 · “ABB Robotics partners with Nvidia to launch ‘hyper real’ version of RobotStudio”