ABB just cut prototyping time by 80%
when you simulate the robot before you build it, the game changes
ABB and NVIDIA announced integration that gets 99% correlation between simulated robot behavior and real-world behavior.
translation: you can test your manufacturing line in software. not hardware.
that's a 40–80% cost reduction on setup. no more building three versions to get one right.
why does this matter to founders? because this is the moment when robotics stops being artisan work and starts being repeatable work.
for the last 10 years, every robotics company has had the same problem: you can't know if your design works until you've built it. you can't know if it fits in the factory until you've installed it. you can't know if the operators will break it until they touch it.
now? you know all three in software first.
the companies that move fast at the design stage—before they've committed capital—will beat the companies that move fast at the fabrication stage. because fabrication is about money and time. design is about information.
if you're building in robotics and you're not running your simulation ten times before you touch hardware, you're already losing to someone who is.
what part of your business are you still testing in production instead of in simulation?