About

About OmniCore

OmniCore provides one controller architecture across five hardware sizes, allowing ABB robots and external axes to use the same motion, force, safety and application-software environment. It coordinates robot movement with cameras, conveyors, positioners, weld equipment and dispensing tools while maintaining deterministic path control at high operating speeds.

The platform integrates major industrial communications protocols, more than 1,000 software features and up to 100 safety configurations. Regenerative power functions can return braking energy to the electrical system, while cybersecurity, event traceability and optional AI or vision compute support connected production. Customers select the controller enclosure and drive capacity around the robot and process without changing the underlying software architecture.

Context

Market context

OmniCore is ABB's unified robot control platform used across its industrial and collaborative robot lineup.

Target environment: Robot cells, factories, automation lines and system-integration environments.
Workflow context: Robot control, motion coordination, safety functions, programming support and fleet-level standardization.
Customer context: ABB robot users, integrators and manufacturers standardizing robot control across production systems.
Deployment model: Control-platform model embedded across ABB robot deployments rather than a standalone robot system.
Commercial maturity: Commercial control backbone for ABB's current robot portfolio.
Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on ABB robot selection, integration requirements, software compatibility and customer migration from older controllers.
Market position: Control-layer product that strengthens ABB's robotics ecosystem by standardizing how robots are programmed and operated.
Adjacent products: RobotStudio, SWIFTI, GoFa, IRB 1200