ABB + NVIDIA RobotStudio HyperReality: 99% Sim-to-Real Correlation
99% sim-to-real correlation; 0.5mm positioning; identical firmware virtual/physical controllers
ABB + NVIDIA RobotStudio HyperReality
Abstract
ABB Robotics and NVIDIA announced integration of NVIDIA's Omniverse simulation libraries into ABB's RobotStudio platform, branded as RobotStudio HyperReality. The partnership achieves up to 99% correlation between simulated and real-world robot behavior.
Key Contributions
- 99% sim-to-real behavior correlation — robots trained in simulation deploy to production with minimal debugging
- ABB's Absolute Accuracy technology reduces positioning errors from 8-15mm to ~0.5mm
- ABB is the only robot manufacturer whose virtual controller runs the same firmware as physical hardware
- NVIDIA Isaac Sim 5.1 adds deliberate distortion (lens defects, noise, color shifts) to force AI to handle imperfect conditions
Full Content
The key breakthrough is that ABB's virtual controller runs identical firmware to the physical robots. Combined with Absolute Accuracy calibration and NVIDIA's physics-accurate simulation, this enables a sim-to-real pipeline where robots trained entirely in simulation can be deployed on production lines with minimal real-world debugging.
NVIDIA's contribution includes tools that deliberately add imperfections — physical lens defects, digital noise, and color distortions — mimicking real camera operation so AI trained in simulation operates stably on real equipment.
Also demonstrated: personalized AI agent running on DGX Spark desktop supercomputer, embodied through a Reachy Mini robot using Hugging Face models.
Source: ABB + NVIDIA RobotStudio HyperReality — NVIDIA Blog