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IRB 920
ABB Robotics
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IRB 920
ABB RoboticsThe ABB IRB 920 is a 4-axis SCARA industrial robot manufactured by ABB Robotics, available in standard and Turbo (IRB 920T) variants with 0.45–0.65 m reach options and a fixed 6 kg payload. It is designed for high-speed, high-precision tasks such as pick-and-place, assembly, and inspection in electronics, medical, consumer goods, and packaging industries. Key performance figures include cycle times as low as 0.29–0.31 seconds and pose repeatability down to 0.01 mm (Turbo). The robot is sold globally, priced around €18,500 for the 0.55 m variant, and is compatible with ABB's OmniCore controller family. As a programmed industrial robot arm, it executes its tasks autonomously once deployed and programmed, with no human performing the task itself during operation.
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Specification
- payload
- 6 kg (all variants)
- reach variants
- 0.45 m (IRB 920T only), 0.55 m, 0.65 m
- robot weight
- 22–24 kg
- speed improvement vs predecessor
- Up to 14% faster than IRB 910SC
- weight advantage vs competitors
- 5–10% lighter than class competitors (news source); 10% lighter (commerce source)
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the ABB Robotics deep report
ABB's deployed industrial robots and AMRs execute welding, assembly, pick-and-place, and material handling tasks autonomously — without a human performing or driving those tasks during operation
Multiple independent sources — including video demonstrations [25][26], sector deployment reports across automotive/logistics/electronics [1][6], and community practitioner accounts [32][34] — confirm that once programmed, ABB robots execute tasks without human intervention during operation, consistent with the dossier's autonomy verdict (confidence 0.88).
from ABB Robotics deep report →ABB Robotics was sold to SoftBank for $5.3–5.4 billion in October 2025
The acquisition is independently reported by The Robot Report [13] and Metrology News [15], two separate trade publications, corroborating the transaction amount and timing; this is material as it signals a major ownership and strategic shift toward Physical AI under SoftBank.
from ABB Robotics deep report →
PickMaster Lite reduces engineering effort by 30% and commissioning time by 25% versus conventional systems
The specific figures come from a trade publication (engtechnica) [12] reporting ABB's own launch claims for a product released May 6, 2026; no independent customer benchmark or third-party test has validated these percentage improvements.
from ABB Robotics deep report →ABB's AR-enhanced teleoperation system improves task performance by 28% and SUS usability score by 12% versus baseline teleoperation on IRB 1200 and GoFa 5
Results are from an ABB Corporate Research Master's thesis [21], which provides experimental validation on specific hardware but has not been independently peer-reviewed or replicated outside ABB's own research environment, and the system is explicitly not a commercial product.
from ABB Robotics deep report →PSYONIC partnership applies human prosthetic touch-sensor data to improve ABB robot dexterity
The partnership is independently reported by The Robot Report [13], confirming it exists, but no independent validation of resulting dexterity improvements in deployed ABB robots has been reported — the collaboration appears to be at an early/announced stage with no production outcomes documented.
from ABB Robotics deep report →
RobotStudio HyperReality (with NVIDIA Omniverse) will deliver up to 99% simulation accuracy, 40% cost reduction, and 50% faster time-to-market
These figures originate solely from ABB/NVIDIA's own press release [7][17]; the product is not yet available (H2 2026 target), only a Foxconn pilot is mentioned with no independent results reported, and no third-party benchmark or customer validation exists in the dossier.
from ABB Robotics deep report →
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