{"id":26416,"date":"2026-05-05T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=26416"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:16:04","slug":"abb-robotics-launches-omnivance-autonomous-floor-ending-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=26416","title":{"rendered":"ABB Robotics launches OmniVance autonomous floor ending cell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_587886\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-587886\" class=\"wp-image-587886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured.jpg\" alt=\"An ABB collaborative robot sanding an object as part of the new OmniVance finishing cell. \" width=\"1000\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ABB_Robotics_Omnivance_Coll_Surface_Finishing_Cell-featured-368x238.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-587886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the ending cell, ABB stated it hopes to bridge the hole between custom-made automation and entry-level instrument kits. | Supply: ABB Robotics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>ABB Robotics final week launched its first totally automated sanding and sharpening cell. The Zurich, Switzerland-based firm stated the OmniVance Collaborative Floor Ending Cell can automate key floor ending duties, resembling sanding and sharpening.<\/p>\n<p>Floor ending is a important step in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/markets-industries\/manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manufacturing<\/a> throughout just about each trade. Nonetheless, companies are going through twin pressures of extra complicated manufacturing calls for and a scarcity of expert labor. Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute have predicted that 1.9 million manufacturing jobs can be unfilled by 2033.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA rising variety of firms wish to automate processes resembling sanding and sharpening, however many smaller companies lack in-house robotics experience \u2013 so whereas they should ship good high quality each time, till now, many haven&#8217;t had an answer that matches their wants,\u201d stated Craig McDonnell, managing director of business-line industries at ABB Robotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany companies are cautious of investing in complicated, bespoke automation, whereas off-the-shelf instruments lack the scalability and functionality they require,\u201d he adde.d \u201cWith our new OmniVance Collaborative Floor Ending Cell, we\u2019re introducing industrial-grade robotics in a easy, reasonably priced, and scalable answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69f9d06826da3\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-69f9d06826da3\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69f9d06826da3\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=26416\/#OmniVance_designed_to_be_self-contained_simple_to_deploy\" title=\"OmniVance designed to be self-contained, simple to deploy\">OmniVance designed to be self-contained, simple to deploy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=26416\/#Ending_cell_joins_rising_ABB_Robotics_portfolio\" title=\"Ending cell joins rising ABB Robotics portfolio\">Ending cell joins rising ABB Robotics portfolio<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"OmniVance_designed_to_be_self-contained_simple_to_deploy\"><\/span>OmniVance designed to be self-contained, simple to deploy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abb.com\/global\/en\/areas\/robotics\/solutions\/application-cells\/omnivance-collaborative-surface-finishing-cell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OmniVance Collaborative Floor Ending Cell<\/a>, ABB stated it hopes to bridge the hole between custom-made automation and entry-level instrument kits with its turnkey answer. It makes use of a GoFa cobot to execute high-quality, precision floor ending.<\/p>\n<p>The cell is fully self-contained, delivered as an entire plug-and-play providing together with GoFa and security parts. The totally CE-certified cell doesn&#8217;t require any extra engineering to change on and start manufacturing, famous ABB. The corporate claimed that it&#8217;s simple so as to add new instruments and equipment, making the system extremely adaptable for high-mix environments.<\/p>\n<p>By automating repetitive sanding and sharpening duties, the cell can improve throughput and cut back conventional scrap and rework, saving time, effort, and prices, ABB stated. Built-in mud extraction readiness helps preserve a clear, wholesome work setting whereas additional enhancing completed product high quality. Automation additionally reduces bodily pressure and frees expert staff to focus on extra precious duties, stated ABB Robotics.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate stated it developed its software program to be intuitive for simple deployment and to control the complete ending course of. A tablet-style interface is user-friendly for these with out robotics experience and desires no customized programming, in keeping with ABB.<\/p>\n<p>Options resembling lead-through 3D path recording, 2D preset path creation, and intuitive path enhancing, built-in into Wizard Straightforward Programming blocks, can cut back programming time by as much as 90%, it asserted.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"YLQrlT-qom4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OmniVance\u2122 Collaborative Surface Finishing Cell - solution for flexible finishing tasks\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YLQrlT-qom4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ending_cell_joins_rising_ABB_Robotics_portfolio\"><\/span>Ending cell joins rising ABB Robotics portfolio<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ABB is without doubt one of the world\u2019s main producers of robots. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/abb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firm<\/a>\u2018s portfolio contains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/robots-platforms\/industrial-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">industrial<\/a> automation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/robots-platforms\/collaborative-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaborative<\/a> robots, and autonomous cellular robots (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/robots-platforms\/amrs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMRs<\/a>) for a variety of industries, together with automotive, electronics, and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, ABB Group introduced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/abb-group-sells-abb-robotics-softbank-5-3b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plans to promote<\/a>\u00a0its robotics unit to SoftBank Group for $5.3 billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/abb-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABB Robotics<\/a> has about 7,000 workers, and its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility are in Auburn Hills, Mich.<\/p>\n<p>Final month, ABB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/abb-robotics-launches-powa-cobot-family-targeting-industrial-tasks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> its new PoWa household of force- and power-limited robots. 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