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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – ABB has bought a company specialising in boosting the mobility of industrial robots – by using artificial intelligence and 3D vision to move around factories and warehouses. The deal to buy Sevensense, a Swiss start-up, is the latest robotics investment by ABB and follows growing demand for industrial robots that can move and work independently. Zurich-based Sevensense develops and makes sensor and AI systems that effectively give factory robots – which carry components to production lines – the eyes and brains to manoeuvre around plants. “In the past, robots …

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