{"city":"Osaka","name":"Keyence","slug":"keyence","facts":[{"date":"2026-04-28","type":"product_launch","value":"Keyence enhanced KV STUDIO with reusable programming assets and automated multi-axis commissioning.","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-04-28","type":"product_launch","value":"Keyence introduced Universal Library presets for equipment from more than 18 manufacturers.","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-04-28","type":"product_launch","value":"Keyence expanded the SV3 servo system with faster multi-axis motion control and broader actuator connectivity.","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-04-28","type":"product_launch","value":"Keyence upgraded the KV-X series PLC with a quad-core CPU and substantially faster processing.","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-04-24","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Keyence tanshin, Nikkei, Automation News (Japanese)"},{"date":"2026-04-24","type":"revenue","value":"JPY 1169300000000","source":"Keyence tanshin, Nikkei, Automation News (Japanese)"}],"peers":[{"name":"Hesai","rank":14,"slug":"hesai","score":"90"},{"name":"Orbbec","rank":17,"slug":"orbbec","score":"89"},{"name":"Cognex","rank":23,"slug":"cognex","score":"87"},{"name":"SICK AG","rank":38,"slug":"sick-ag","score":"84"},{"name":"Zebra Technologies","rank":41,"slug":"zebra-technologies","score":"84"},{"name":"RoboSense","rank":68,"slug":"robosense","score":"80"}],"stage":"Public","state":"Osaka","aliases":["キーエンス"],"country":"Japan","domains":[{"why":"Keyence supplies industrial automation equipment, including PLCs, servo systems, programming software and multi-axis commissioning tools used in automated production and robotic manufacturing environments.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":12,"tier":"member","layer":"Sensing","total":91,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":7,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Vision & 3D perception"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-30","header":"Keyence shares rebounded in Tokyo trading.","outlet":"Moomoo"},{"date":"2026-08-03","header":"Keyence released a generative AI assistant for technical product inquiries.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-07-17","header":"Keyence launched the AM-1000 series automated desktop 3D measuring machine.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-07-14","header":"Keyence added the Robot Library function to its KV-X series PLCs.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-06-08","header":"Keyence launched the DX-A800 series full-screen handheld terminal.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-05-21","header":"Keyence recorded double-digit overseas growth across several industrial customer sectors in the second half of fiscal 2026.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"}],"website":"keyence.com","category":"Robotics · Manufacturing","categories":[{"name":"Production equipment","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Manufacturing"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-31T10:00:59.587+00:00","facts_total":7,"positioning":"Keyence is a Japanese machine-vision and sensor giant (TSE:6861, ~$6.5B revenue, famously >50% operating margins) whose CV-X and RB series 3D vision serve bin picking, sold through a direct-sales consultative model across a broad sensing and inspection catalog. It is the profitability benchmark of the sensing layer, named across every vision-guided-robotics roundup, with momentum scored low only on the absence of dated 2026 events this pass, not weakness. The current revenue marker is dated.","sub_category":"Production equipment","signals_total":15,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/keyence","title":"Keyence · robotics, Osaka, Osaka, Japan · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Keyence supplies industrial automation equipment, including PLCs, servo systems, programming software and multi-axis commissioning tools used in automated production and robotic manufacturing environments. Robotics 100 rank 12 (score 91) 15 signals and 7 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}