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ABB Robotics

ABB's GoFa collaborative robots

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Parent ABB (SIX). Agreed in October 2025 to be sold to SoftBank Group; EU approval came in March 2026 and China and US approvals are pending. After closing it is to become a subsidiary of SoftBank Group (TSE Prime 9984)
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GoFa CRB 15000

Overview

Robotics division of Swiss automation group ABB. GoFa (CRB 15000) cobots range from the 5 kg GoFa 5 to the 14 kg GoFa 12 and are used for welding, palletizing and lab automation. Speeds up to 2 m/s and high positional accuracy make it a base for AI-driven robot cells. In April 2026 it launched PoWa, a new series with 7–30 kg payloads and speeds up to 5.8 m/s, so its cobots now come in two families, GoFa and PoWa.

Strengths

  • Shares RobotWare with ABB industrial robots
  • Up to 2 m/s with high accuracy
  • Global service network

Latest news

Researched as of November 3, 2026. Each item links to its source.

  1. ABB contact centers began routing robotics inquiries to the ABB Robotics website from July 27, 2026, as part of the separation.

    Source: new.abb.com

  2. Partnered with Roche Diagnostics to bring physical AI to labs, starting with pathology slide handling and autonomous core-lab intralogistics.

    Source: automation.com

  3. Partnered with PSYONIC to use prosthetic users' touch and motion data with GoFa to advance robotic dexterity.

    Source: businesswire.com

  4. Launched the PoWa cobot family globally: six models from 7 to 30 kg, top speed 5.8 m/s, OmniCore controller, running within an hour of unboxing.

    Source: prtimes.jp

  5. The European Commission cleared SoftBank's acquisition of ABB Robotics (case M.12248); China and US approvals remained outstanding.

    Source: ieu-monitoring.com
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  1. ABB agreed to sell its robotics business to SoftBank Group for $5.375B (~¥818.7B); SoftBank will buy 100% of a new Zurich holding company, replacing the planned spin-off listing.

    Source: group.softbank

Robots we can source

GoFa CRB 15000Image
Collaborative arm
🇨🇭 ABB Robotics SwitzerlandMass production

GoFa CRB 15000

Three variants: GoFa 5 (5 kg, 950 mm), GoFa 10 (12 kg, 1520 mm) and GoFa 12 (14 kg, 1270 mm); payloads in wrist-down configuration.

Price
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Case studies

ManufacturingIn production FI ・ 2025

GoFa lifts welding productivity 30% at Metos

The Finnish professional kitchen-equipment maker uses GoFa for continuous 360-degree welds on stainless parts; ABB reports 30% higher welding productivity and 60% less post-processing.

ABB Robotics ・ GoFa CRB 15000 ・ Metosnew.abb.com
ManufacturingIn production SI

GoFa as the base of AI-powered robot cells

Slovenia's Sunrise Robotics builds autonomous cells for SMEs on GoFa and raised throughput from 72 to 90 parts per hour by tuning motion parameters alone, without hardware or AI-model changes.

ABB Robotics ・ GoFa CRB 15000 ・ Sunrise Roboticsabb.com
ManufacturingIn production TR

A dozen-plus GoFa cobots quadruple welding efficiency

Turkey's ÇEMSAN deployed more than a dozen GoFa cobots for welding, quadrupling efficiency with millimetric precision, according to ABB.

ABB Robotics ・ GoFa CRB 15000 ・ ÇEMSANnew.abb.com

SOURCES

  1. 1.https://www.abb.com/global/en/areas/robotics/products/robots/collaborative-robots/gofa
  2. 2.https://new.abb.com/products/robotics/case-studies
  3. 3.https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20251008
  4. 4.https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000132.000081567.html

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