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ABB rolled out PoWa at Hannover Messe 2026 — six collaborative robots, payloads from 7 kg to 30 kg, top speed 5.8 m/s. That’s the highest speed and arm load on the cobot market right now. Translation: ABB took the brute force of an industrial arm and stuffed it into a safety-rated cobot body.

What it actually is

Industrial collaborative robot, six payload tiers, longest reach in its class. Built for high-speed machine tending, palletizing, screwdriving, and arc welding — the jobs where standard cobots run out of breath. ABB claims unbox-to-running in 60 minutes with plug-and-play tooling. The arm load on Axis 3 hits 7–10 kg, which matters once you bolt on a heavy welding torch or a real gripper instead of a demo claw.

Why an AI agent should care

PoWa runs on the OmniCore controller, which exposes ABB’s full SDK through RobotStudio and AppStudio. An LLM agent can take a natural-language task, generate RAPID program code, and push it to the cobot — no teach pendant required. Pair that with Wizard Easy Programming for a no-code path where agents define skills like “pick this part, weld that seam.” RobotStudio HyperReality, ABB’s subscription simulation layer, ships H2 2026 and adds a digital-twin loop so agents can test programs before touching real metal.

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