Sunrise Robotics Accelerates Automation with AI-powered GoFa™ cobot cells
Sunrise Robotics
Slovenia
ABB Robotics
Germany
Primary Application:
High-mix Manufacturing
Sunrise Robotics is a European technology company headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, delivering fully intelligent, autonomous robotic cells, making automation faster, more affordable, and accessible to small and medium-sized manufacturers. By unifying hardware and software into a single, holistic system, the company designs solutions tailored to the realities of modern manufacturing where flexibility, adaptability, and autonomy are essential.
To achieve its vision, Sunrise conducted a thorough evaluation of the collaborative robot market. The requirements were specific: a large working envelope for euro pallet operations at floor level, speed and positional accuracy for increased reliability, and a developer-friendly software architecture capable of running Sunrise’s AI models in real time. ABB Robotics’ GoFa met all three criteria, and the confidence that comes with deploying ABB Robotics’ technology gave Sunrise's customers additional assurance in the overall system.
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The Challenge:
Precise manipulation for high-mix manufacturing
Sunrise Robotics needs its autonomous cells to perform precise manipulation for high-mix manufacturing, including pick & place, positioning, and machine-tending operations in human-centric environments. The cells require high dexterity and sensing capabilities, remaining responsive, accurate, and reliable across simultaneous processes.
The Solution:
ABB Robotics’ GoFa cobot
The company selected ABB Robotics’ GoFa cobot as the perfect fit for their intelligent robotic cells. GoFa’s combination of speed up to 2 m/s and high positional accuracy were the main decision drivers. As a result, Sunrise increased throughput by 20% - from 72 to 90 parts per hour - by adjusting GoFa’s motion parameters through software alone, with no changes to hardware or AI models.
The Application:
Operate in environments designed for people, not machines
Sunrise’s intelligent robotic cells combine on-board AI, built-in perception, and radar-based safety to operate in environments designed for people, not machines. ABB Robotics’ GoFa serves as the precision-driven physical layer where Sunrise’s AI intelligence is expressed: picking, placing, and manipulating components at exceptional speeds with high positional accuracy.
Reliability & Support:
Long-term reliability and support were decisive factors
Long-term reliability and support were decisive factors in Sunrise’s decision to collaborate with ABB Robotics. Its proven track record, rapid response times, and global spare-parts availability gave Sunrise and its customers the confidence that systems would remain fully supported and continuously operational for years to come.
At ABB Robotics, we are proud to support Sunrise Robotics with the flexibility and performance required to optimize live deployments for real production environments. “By combining GoFa with AI in a proven collaborative robotics solution, organizations like Sunrise are enabled to innovate faster while maintaining the reliability their customers expect.”
Alessio Cocchi, Global Head of Cobot Sales
Within Sunrise’s architecture, GoFa cobot acts as the perfect embodiment of the company’s AI-driven software stack and real-world production. GoFa provides the precision, speed and flexibility that enable the company to turn AI-driven intelligence into reliable physical action. With RobotStudio® supporting fast deployment and continuous optimization.
Sunrise has also realized significant value from being able to control ABB’s arms remotely, allowing its engineers to restore autonomous cells from unexpected states without traveling to the customer site; a crucial advantage when customers have limited experience with industrial robotics. Thanks to RobotStudio®, Sunrise can support deployments remotely, protecting customer trust, reducing operational costs, and keeping systems running without unnecessary downtime.
On the software side, the combination of Robot Web Services (RWS) and Externally Guided Motion (EGM) provided Sunrise with a robust and layered control architecture. RWS manages low-frequency tasks such as program handling and variable subscriptions, while EGM supports high-frequency, real-time motion commands driven by Sunrise’s AI models. Together, they create a system capable of dynamically responding to what it senses in the environment.
By combining Sunrise Robotics’ AI-driven autonomy with ABB GoFa’s precision, speed, and open control architecture, Sunrise is building a scalable, adaptable robotic solution designed for the realities of high-mix European manufacturing. Early deployments are already delivering measurable results, and as Sunrise extends its fleet, the collaboration is establishing a clear path toward fully autonomous industrial cells that can be deployed at manufacturer facilities in days, not months.
