Facts

• Company: ABB
• Product type: Software
• Status: active
• Website: https://www.abb.com/global/en/areas/robotics/products/software/robotstudio-suite

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Timeline / Research
• Sources

Summary

RobotStudio is ABB offline programming and simulation software for robotic applications. It lets users design, simulate, test and optimize ABB robot cells in a virtual environment before commissioning equipment on the factory floor.

Overview

RobotStudio is ABB offline programming and simulation software for robotic applications. It lets users design, simulate, test and optimize ABB robot cells in a virtual environment before commissioning equipment on the factory floor.

Market context

RobotStudio is ABB's simulation and offline programming environment for industrial robots.

• Target environment: Engineering offices, factories, integrator workflows and digital commissioning environments.
• Workflow context: Offline programming, simulation, virtual commissioning, cell design and robot workflow validation.
• Customer context: Manufacturers, integrators and automation engineers reducing commissioning time and production disruption.
• Deployment model: Software tool model attached to ABB robot deployment and lifecycle support.
• Commercial maturity: Established commercial software layer in ABB's robotics stack.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on ABB hardware use, model fidelity, engineer workflow fit and integration with plant systems.
• Market position: RobotStudio is ABB's digital workflow layer for shortening robot deployment and commissioning cycles.
• Adjacent products: OmniCore, IRB 1200, SWIFTI, YuMi

Audience

Factories

Workflow

Offline programming, simulation, virtual commissioning, cell design and robot workflow validation.

Capability

Software

Deployment environment

Engineering offices, factories, integrator workflows and digital commissioning environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Factories
• Workflow: Offline programming, simulation, virtual commissioning, cell design and robot workflow validation.
• Capability: Software
• Deployment environment: Engineering offices, factories, integrator workflows and digital commissioning environments.

Specifications

• Functionality: offline programming, simulation, digital twin
• Integration: OmniCore, ABB robot systems

Timeline / Research

• 2026-03-09 - Partnership - ABB integrates NVIDIA Omniverse into RobotStudio - • ABB Robotics announced the integration of NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into its RobotStudio software.
• 2020-06-01 - Research Publication - Research on virtual simulation design of ABB robot welding operation based on Robotstudio - The IEEE conference paper studies virtual-simulation design for ABB robot welding operation…
• 2014-12-01 - Research Publication - Offline Programming of an ABB Robot Using Imported CAD Models in the RobotStudio Software Environment - The paper covers offline programming of an ABB robot using imported CAD models…
• 2009-10-16 - Research Publication - Technology and applications of ABB RobotStudio - The Industrial Robot article covers ABB RobotStudio technology and applications.