PoWa
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About PoWa
ABB PoWa is a six-model collaborative robot family spanning seven to 30 kilograms of payload and flange reaches from 1.05 to 2.10 metres. PoWa 10 and PoWa 13 exceed five metres per second with their rated payloads, while the wider range covers machine tending, material movement, palletising, welding, assembly and screwdriving. ABB launched the family globally in April 2026 for high-throughput applications that still require collaborative operating modes.
The arms use OmniCore control, Wizard graphical programming and plug-and-play tool connections. Power and Force Limiting and Speed and Separation Monitoring support fenceless cell designs when the complete application risk assessment permits them. Protection reaches IP65 or IP67 by model, with cleanroom-compatible configurations also available. ABB’s stated 60-minute setup example applies specifically to pick-and-place trials with PoWa 10 and PoWa 13, so it is retained as a configuration-bound deployment result.
Timeline
- ABB Robotics globally launches IRB 1700 robots at CIIF 2026
2026-10-13 - Product Launch - The two mid-size robots span five payload models from 6 to 12 kg, with stated path repeatability of 0.03 mm and joint speeds up to 700 degrees per second. The GoFa coffee demonstration uses a human example, agentic task planning and OmniCore EyeMotion vision; ABB says EyeMotion with AI Robot Trainer can reduce commissioning time by up to 90%. China-specific introductions include the IRB 6720 Lite+ and a 7 kg PoWa variant; E-Device enables programming and control from users’ own PCs and tablets.
Source - ABB Robotics launches PoWa high-speed collaborative robot family
2026-04-22 - Product Launch - ABB Robotics launched the PoWa collaborative robot family for industrial-grade collaborative automation. The family spans six payload classes from 7 kg to 30 kg and reaches top speeds of up to 5.8 m/s. PoWa is integrated with ABB's OmniCore controller platform and is available globally through ABB's order channels.
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