{"city":"Tokyo","name":"Nabtesco","slug":"nabtesco","facts":[{"date":"2026-08-19","type":"product_launch","value":"Showcase of WiBotic wireless charging systems for mobile robots and drones at RoboDEX 2026","source":"Nabtesco"},{"date":"2026-08-02","type":"partnership","value":"Nabtesco and Alva Industries","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-08-02","type":"funding_round","value":"Nabtesco invested via its CVC fund in Alva Industries","source":"Automation News Japan"},{"date":"2026-07-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"Market Supporter AI report on Nabtesco Q1 (Japanese)"},{"date":"2026-07-01","type":"revenue","value":"Revenue growth, +16.9% year over year","source":"Market Supporter AI report on Nabtesco Q1 (Japanese)"},{"date":"2026-02-12","type":"setback","value":"Chinese competition from Leaderdrive intensifying; hydraulics classified as discontinued","source":"Nabtesco results via Sokuseki (Japanese)"}],"peers":[{"name":"SMC","rank":15,"slug":"smc","score":"90"},{"name":"Physik Instrumente","rank":20,"slug":"physik-instrumente","score":"88"},{"name":"Harmonic Drive Systems","rank":43,"slug":"harmonic-drive-systems","score":"83.5"},{"name":"SPINEA","rank":95,"slug":"spinea","score":"78"}],"stage":"Established","state":"Tokyo","aliases":["ナブテスコ"],"country":"Japan","domains":[{"why":"Nabtesco manufactures precision reducers and motion-control components used in industrial robot joints and other robotic actuation systems.","list":"Robotics 100","rank":27,"tier":"member","layer":"Components","total":86,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Actuation"},{"why":null,"list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":82,"domain":"Humanoids","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-08-19","header":"Nabtesco will showcase WiBotic wireless charging systems for mobile robots and drones at RoboDEX 2026.","outlet":"Nabtesco"},{"date":"2026-08-06","header":"Nabtesco will exhibit the WiBotic wireless charging system for autonomous mobile equipment.","outlet":"Nabtesco"},{"date":"2026-08-06","header":"Nabtesco will exhibit an assist unit for hand-pushed carts carrying heavy loads.","outlet":"Nabtesco"},{"date":"2026-08-06","header":"Nabtesco will showcase the RVW omnidirectional drive unit and three co-developed mobile applications.","outlet":"Nabtesco"},{"date":"2026-08-02","header":"Nabtesco invested in Norwegian motor developer Alva Industries through its CVC fund.","outlet":"Automation News Japan"}],"website":"nabtesco.com","category":"Robotics · Components","categories":[{"name":"Actuation","domain":"Humanoids","parent":"Humanoids · Components"},{"name":"Corporate & strategic venture","domain":"Investment Houses","parent":"Institutional & Funds"},{"name":"Actuation","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Components"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:18:47.108753+00:00","facts_total":23,"positioning":"Nabtesco is a Japanese precision-reducer maker (~$1.3B group revenue) supplying RV reducers for large and mid robot joints, with a share estimated at 35-60% depending on scope definition, and it supplies nearly every major robot OEM. It is doubling its RV reducer production capacity by 2026 citing humanoid demand, with its precision segment up JPY 4.8bn in Q1-26 on auto and semiconductor recovery. It is a components-scale incumbent in the motion supply chain.","sub_category":"Actuation","signals_total":5,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nabtesco","title":"Nabtesco · robotics, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Nabtesco manufactures precision reducers and motion-control components used in industrial robot joints and other robotic actuation systems. Robotics 100 rank 27 (score 86) 5 signals and 23 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."}