ABB Robotics vs Epson Robots: Industrial arms & cobots compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

ABB Robotics ranks 18 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 88; Epson Robots ranks 67 with 80. ABB Robotics is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Epson Robots is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment and positioning. ABB Robotics is based in Switzerland, Epson Robots in Suwa, Japan. ABB Robotics: Established. Epson Robots: Established. ABB Robotics is named in 85 signals and Epson Robots in 2.

ABB Robotics →

Switzerland · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Established · abb.com

ABB Robotics develops and sells industrial robotic arms and collaborative robots, including the GoFa and PoWa cobot families, for industrial automation tasks.

Robotics 100 · rank 18 · score 88

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production10
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

ABB Robotics is a Swiss industrial-robot maker ($2.3B division, #2 globally, with hubs in Sweden, the US, and China) being divested to SoftBank for $5.375B (agreed October 2025, closing mid-to-late 2026). It announced a $120M US expansion (March 2026), embedded NVIDIA Omniverse in RobotStudio, and partnered with Jacobi (April 2026). The SoftBank divestment is the defining change.

Latest signals

  • ABB Robotics launched its first end-to-end vision-based industrial-grade physical AI solution.RoboticsTomorrow
  • ABB Robotics upgraded Fashion Inductor with the AI Robot Trainer to simplify AI deployment in fashion logistics.RoboticsTomorrow
  • SKAI Intelligence became a main contributor to ABB Robotics and NVIDIA’s second industrial physical AI global white paper.Robot News

85 signals name ABB Robotics.

Facts, with sources

  • Integrating Jacobi Robotics' OmniPalletizer software into ABB Robotics' portfolioJacobi Robotics
  • Collaboration with PSYONIC and NVIDIA to evaluate human dexterity data for robotic manipulation using Ability HandPSYONIC
  • Exploring robotic dexterity and physical AI with PSYONIC and NVIDIA at Automate 2026PSYONIC

44 facts on file.

Epson Robots →

Suwa, Nagano, Japan · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Established · epson.com

Epson Robots develops and sells industrial SCARA robots, 6-axis robots, and collaborative robots for factory automation, along with robot controllers and integrated automation solutions.

Robotics 100 · rank 67 · score 80

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production8
Commercials8
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Epson Robots (a Seiko Epson division) has sold 150,000+ robots cumulatively (as of April 2026) and claims to be the #1 SCARA maker worldwide, with GX/RS/T SCARA and 6-axis lines. It previewed its first cobot platform for a 2026 launch at Automate (June 2026), with SafeSense safety technology and new products at Automation Expo Mumbai. Robots-business revenue is not broken out (estimated 100-500m).

Latest signals

  • Epson introduces AX6 cobot with compact design and no-code programmingThe Robot Report
  • ENCY Software updated ENCY Hyper to support robots from a broad set of manufacturers.The Robot Report

2 signals name Epson Robots.

Facts, with sources

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1 facts on file.

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ABB Robotics or Epson Robots: which is ahead in robotics?

ABB Robotics ranks 18 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 88; Epson Robots ranks 67 with 80. ABB Robotics is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Epson Robots is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment and positioning. ABB Robotics is based in Switzerland, Epson Robots in Suwa, Japan. ABB Robotics: Established. Epson Robots: Established. ABB Robotics is named in 85 signals and Epson Robots in 2.

How do ABB Robotics and Epson Robots compare?

ABB Robotics ranks 18 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 88; Epson Robots ranks 67 with 80. ABB Robotics is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Epson Robots is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment and positioning. ABB Robotics is based in Switzerland, Epson Robots in Suwa, Japan. ABB Robotics: Established. Epson Robots: Established. ABB Robotics is named in 85 signals and Epson Robots in 2. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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