Japanese technology company Softbank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped producing its Pepper robot, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters, as the ...

ZURICH--SoftBank Group said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said so-called smart robots can revitalise Japan's economy and competitiveness, doubling down on robotics just as the ...

ZURICH/TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB in a $5.4 billion deal, as the Japanese investor forges ahead with a strategy to fuse ...

This deal is founder Masayoshi Son’s push to fuse advanced AI with industrial robots. SoftBank has struck a definitive deal to acquire ABB’s robotics business for $5.375 billion, doubling down on ...

SoftBank announced in early October 2025 that it has agreed to acquire Swiss industrial giant ABB's robotics business for US$5.375 billion, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.

SoftBank is in early talks to put more than $300m into a roughly $800m raise for Munich robotics firm Agile Robots, Bloomberg reports.