Market Background:

In 2026, when the manufacturing industry accelerated to flexibility and intelligence, cooperative robots were reshaping the industrial pattern at a growth rate far exceeding that of traditional industrial robots. In 2025, China's collaborative robot shipments accounted for more than half of the global total, and it is estimated that by 2030 this proportion will be close to two thirds. Behind this market growth is the urgent demand for highly flexible automation solutions in core industries such as automobiles, electronics/semiconductors, metal products, photovoltaic, lithium batteries, etc.

At a time when "a small amount of diversity and frequent line change" has become the normal production, traditional industrial robots are difficult to be competent due to complex deployment and insufficient flexibility, while cooperative robots rely on rapid deployment, man-machine integration, features such as Trajectory optimization are moving from auxiliary roles to manufacturing core scenarios. At the same time, the focus of industry competition has shifted from "security integration" to "performance breakthrough". High load, high speed and high precision are becoming new labels of cooperative robots, and their boundaries are continuously penetrating into the field of traditional industrial robots.

Hot topics:

At present, the introduction of collaborative robots by manufacturing enterprises has shifted from "whether to use" to "how to really use benefits". Based on a large number of end-user feedback, industry pain points mainly focus on the following three levels:

Performance and flexibility are difficult to achieve simultaneously. Traditional cooperative robots are slow in speed and small in load, which are difficult to be competent for high-beat operations such as tightening and welding. Although industrial robots meet the performance requirements, they are complex in deployment and difficult to change lines, and cannot adapt to the production of multiple varieties and small batches. Companies are forced to choose between efficiency and flexibility.

Vision and technology are separated, and integration is difficult. Many production lines have tried to deploy visual guidance or weld tracking systems, but the third-party vision and robot body lack deep collaboration-tedious calibration, communication delay, and path need to be taught repeatedly, the actual landing effect is far lower than expected. "Visible" but "unable to keep up" has become a key bottleneck for automation to improve efficiency.

There is a shortage of highly skilled talents and high O & M costs. Welding, precision tightening and other processes are highly dependent on the experience of skilled technicians, while young skilled workers have faults. After purchasing advanced equipment, enterprises often lack professional debugging and operation and maintenance personnel, which makes it difficult to improve equipment utilization and fully release performance advantages.

The three pain points overlap with each other, which constitutes the core obstacle for the large-scale landing of cooperative robots. The way to break the situation is to achieve the breakthrough of "high speed, high load performance, vision-robot deep collaboration, low threshold ease of use. ABB’s new collaborative robot, PoWa™The series came into being under this background-a new series of high-speed and higher-load cooperative robots, which meet the requirements of industrial-level performance in the field of cooperative robots and help small and medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises reduce the threshold of automation application.

Solution:

ABB PoWa™The fully empowered solution of collaborative robots in two core scenarios-EyeMotion visual tightening and laser tracking welding, breaks through the bottleneck of automation by realizing full link autonomy of perception-decision-execution. In the EyeMotion visual tightening solution, PoWa™The position and posture of the workpiece are recognized in real time through AI vision and the path is planned independently. In small space operations such as electronic assembly and precision instruments, the trajectory can be adjusted immediately in the face of dynamic obstacles, especially suitable for multiple varieties, small Batch production greatly reduces the dependence on high-precision tooling and fixtures. In the laser tracking welding solution, PoWa™Cooperate with Yinglai laser tracking sensor to realize intelligent position finding and real-time correction of weld seam, effectively solve traditional welding pain points such as poor consistency of incoming materials and Thermal Deformation of workpieces, in automobile parts, metal products, excellent performance in scenarios such as pressure vessels.

Meeting time:

On October 21, 2026, 14:00-15:00,ABB collaborative robot technology manager will focus on introducing the new high-speed and higher load PoWa to the participants.™Collaborative robot series, along with application case studies of this series in various automation production scenarios. During this period, you can consult the speakers about relevant technical issues during the Q & A session and have the opportunity to participate in the lottery to get exquisite gifts.