Japanese investing conglomerate SoftBank Group is buying a robotics company as the financial behemoth says physical AI is its next frontier. SoftBank announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zurich ...

ZURICH/TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SoftBank Robotics America today announced the official launch of a new suite of AI-enabled robots for the commercial cleaning industry. This announcement ...

SoftBank Corp worked with Nvidia and motors specialist Yaskawa Electric to develop a way for robots to pick up squishy objects and so overcome an expected key challenge for the physical AI movement.

Three Sixty Seven served as the exclusive advisor to SoftBank Robotics America for this transaction. TAMPA, Fla., March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Three Sixty Seven Advisors is pleased to announce ...

Shared Mission to Power "Best Run Operations" with Physical AI Programs SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SoftBank Robotics America is extending its strategic partnership with Direct Supply ...

Strong customer value proposition by combining ABB Robotics' leading technology and industry expertise with SoftBank's state-of-the-art capabilities in AI, robotics and next-generation computing ...

Tech companies are racing to build out infrastructure that can further drive the automation boom. Now, Japanese multinational SoftBank reportedly plans to create a new company designed to automate the ...

ZURICH/TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse ...

SoftBank Robotics Corp. today announced the U.S. debut of its autonomous cooking robots, “STEAMA” and “FLAMA,” developed based on its FOOD DX expertise cultivated in Japan. The robots will be ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in ...

‘SoftBank’s next frontier is Physical AI,’ said founder Masayoshi Son. ‘SoftBank’s next frontier is Physical AI,’ said founder Masayoshi Son. is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all ...