Founded in 1966, ABB Corporate Research in Switzerland creates power and automation technologies, and our achievements have included the invention of self blast circuit breaker technology, the first fibre laser pressure sensor, the first high-temperature superconducting fault limiter, and the world's leading generator breaker.
We focus on:
- Power electronics
- Sensors and instrumentation
- Current interruption and limitation
- Electrical insulation
- Simulation
- Software solutions for power utilities and industrial automation
We often work with leading universities such as MIT, Carnegie Mellon, University of Cambridge, Technical University Stockholm, and the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich and Lausanne.