ABB Robotics, the robotics and discrete automation division of ABB, has invested in LandingAI to leverage the latter’s generative AI (gen AI) technology for robotic vision enhancements.
This undisclosed investment, made through ABB Robotics Ventures, aims to drive advancements in vision AI, making it more efficient and user-friendly. The collaboration will integrate LandingAI’s vision AI capabilities, including its flagship product, LandingLens, into ABB’s software suite.
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LandingAI, which is based in California, US, focuses on agentic visual AI technologies that convert unstructured visual data into actionable insights. Its platform allows rapid deployment of vision applications without extensive programming expertise.
According to ABB, LandingLens could reduce the time needed for training and deploying vision AI systems by up to 80%. This efficiency allows system integrators and end users to independently retrain AI models for various applications, thereby enhancing operational flexibility.
ABB robotics and discrete automation president Sami Atiya said: “This announcement is the latest in our decade-long journey to innovate and commercialise AI, benefitting our customers by enhancing robot versatility and autonomy to expand the use of robots beyond traditional manufacturing.
“The demand for AI in robotics is driven by the need for greater flexibility, faster commissioning cycles and a shortage of the specialist skills needed to programme and operate robots.
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By GlobalData“Our collaboration with LandingAI will mean installation and deployment time is done in hours instead of weeks, allowing more businesses to automate smarter, faster and more efficiently.”
ABB aims to expand robotic adoption into sectors such as logistics, healthcare, and food and beverage. Currently, ABB Robotics is piloting LandingAI’s technology in applications such as item-picking, sorting, depalletising, and quality inspection.
ABB Robotics offers a fully integrated AI training tool within its software suite. This feature will be available alongside RobotStudio, ABB’s simulation and programming tool that includes digital twin capabilities.
LandingAI CEO Dan Maloney said: “AI is advancing quickly, creating many opportunities, but also requiring us to keep learning and adapting new skills.
“By combining LandingAI’s vision AI capabilities with ABB’s robots and software, we can make automation more accessible. This makes it easier for businesses to deploy and scale intelligent robotic systems that are practical and useful.”
In June 2025 at Snowflake Summit 2025, LandingAI announced the launch of Agentic Document Extraction.
This solution aims to enhance document processing with layout-aware parsing and visual grounding techniques, surpassing traditional optical character recognition by allowing fast deployment without extensive model training or template requirements.
