The ABB Corporate Research Center in the United States is co-located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Windsor, Connecticut. The center delivers leading-edge technologies and innovative solutions to ABB power and automation businesses.
We focus on:
- Future transmission system design, operation and control technology
- Smart distribution grid technologies (including LV/MV DC) for higher system efficiency, controllability, service reliability and asset utilization
- Electrical machines and variable-speed drive solutions that are efficient and environment friendly
- Converter design and control for future distribution grids and storage applications
- Software engineering techniques and tools that lead to higher quality products and more productive developers
- Performance engineering, knowledge discovery, and data visualization for ABB products and services
- Robot intelligence, ease of use, and the application of robot technology to non industrial applications
- Force, vision, and other sensors for robot applications
We regularly collaborate with leading universities including MIT, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, University of Tennessee, North Carolina State University, Tokyo Marine University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Washington, University of Maryland, University of Delaware, and University College London.