ABB Robotics & NVIDIA Omniverse Deliver Industrial Physical AI with HyperReality

Introducing RobotStudio HyperReality: A New Era for Industrial Automation

ABB Robotics and NVIDIA have announced a groundbreaking partnership aimed at transforming industrial automation with physically accurate AI. By integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries directly into ABB's widely used RobotStudio programming and simulation suite, the companies are launching a powerful new product called RobotStudio HyperReality. This innovative solution promises to significantly reduce engineering time, cut deployment costs by up to 40%, and accelerate time to market by as much as 50%.

RobotStudio HyperReality is set to become available in the second half of 2026, offering manufacturers a unified workflow to design, program, test, and validate entire automation cells virtually. This integration allows the virtual controller within HyperReality to run the same firmware as a physical robot, exporting a fully parameterized station (robots, sensors, lighting, kinematics) as a USD file into NVIDIA Omniverse.

Bridging the "Sim-to-Real" Gap with Unprecedented Accuracy

For years, a significant challenge in robotics has been the "sim-to-real" gap, where simulations often fail to accurately replicate real-world conditions. RobotStudio HyperReality effectively closes this gap, boasting an impressive 99% correlation between simulated and real-world robot behavior. This level of precision is a major milestone for deploying physical AI with industrial-grade accuracy.

The ability to perform robust virtual testing means manufacturers can virtually design and validate production lines, leading to a massive reduction in setup and commissioning times—by up to 80%. It also eliminates the need for costly physical prototypes, streamlining the development process. Combined with ABB's Absolute Accuracy technology, which refines robot positioning errors from 8-15 mm down to approximately 0.5 mm, this solution brings unmatched precision to industrial applications, enhancing NVIDIA Robotics Solutions capabilities significantly.

Real-World Impact and Future Prospects

Early pilot customers are already experiencing the transformative potential of RobotStudio HyperReality. Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, is piloting the technology for complex consumer electronics assembly. By training robots virtually with synthetic data generated in HyperReality, Foxconn is achieving unparalleled accuracy on their production lines, expecting to reduce setup time and eliminate expensive physical testing. Workr, a U.S.-based robotic workforce company, is also leveraging the platform to deploy advanced automation to small and medium-sized manufacturers.

Beyond HyperReality, ABB Robotics is also exploring integrating the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform into its Omnicore controller. This move aims to enable real-time inference across its robot portfolio, further enhancing the intelligence and responsiveness of industrial robots on the factory floor. The partnership marks a significant step forward for the industry, as detailed in the official ABB News release.

Read more: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/abb-robotics-omniverse - Discover how HyperReality is revolutionizing industrial automation.