Yaskawa · robotics, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · scores, facts and signals

Yaskawa

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Established · yaskawa-global.com

Yaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets.

Positioning

Yaskawa is a Japanese industrial-robot maker (Motoman) with capacity up to 24,000 robots a year and group revenue of Y542.1bn in FY2025 (robotics segment +6.4% in H1). It acquired Tokyo Robotics for humanoid actuators, completed Robotics Factory No.5 in Kitakyushu, and signed an AI-robotics MoU with SoftBank. Standalone robotics-segment revenue and current unit output are not broken out.

Latest signals

14 Oct 2026JEITA held a CEATEC 2026 symposium on Japan’s industrial competitiveness in physical AI.MONOist (ITmedia)
8 Oct 2026Yaskawa Electric launched the seven-axis MOTOMAN-PA3050HB painting robot.MONOist (ITmedia)
7 Sept 2026Yaskawa Electric published the customer magazine YASKAWA NEWS No.355.Automation News Japan
28 Aug 2026YASKAWA Electric Corporation launched the MOTOMAN-HC12 collaborative robot.Yaskawa
24 Jul 2026Yaskawa Electric developed an agentic robot system integrating MOTOMAN NEXT with Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics ER 1.6.Automation News Japan

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Facts, with sources

28 Aug 2026MOTOMAN-HC12 collaborative robot with 12 kg payload capacity and 1410 mm reachProduct launch · Yaskawa
31 Jul 2026MOTOMAN-HC35 collaborative robot with 35 kg payload capacity and 2030 mm reachProduct launch · Yaskawa
15 Jul 2026Integrated Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 with MOTOMAN NEXT for advanced decision-making and precise physical movementsDeployment · Yaskawa
13 Jul 2026Deformable object manipulation system deployed using SoftBank's AI Data Center GPU Cloud as a Physical AI development platformDeployment · Yaskawa

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10

Production10

Commercials10

Progress10

Technology8

Positioning8

Firepower10

Leverage8

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

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discardedAI Core · score 58

Peers in Industrial arms & cobots

6FANUC · 94 13KUKA · 91 18ABB Robotics · 88 22Delta Electronics · 88 24Universal Robots · 87 32AGILE Robots · 85

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Categories

RoboticsRobotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots

Questions this page answers

What does Yaskawa do?

Yaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets. Yaskawa is a Japanese industrial-robot maker (Motoman) with capacity up to 24,000 robots a year and group revenue of Y542.1bn in FY2025 (robotics segment +6.4% in H1). It acquired Tokyo Robotics for humanoid actuators, completed Robotics Factory No.5 in Kitakyushu, and signed an AI-robotics MoU with SoftBank. Standalone robotics-segment revenue and current unit output are not broken out.

Where does Yaskawa rank in robotics?

Yaskawa ranks 11 of 100 on the Robotics 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 91 out of 100, in Industrial arms & cobots (Systems). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Yaskawa's peers in Industrial arms & cobots?

FANUC (rank 6), KUKA (rank 13), ABB Robotics (rank 18), Delta Electronics (rank 22), Universal Robots (rank 24), AGILE Robots (rank 32).

Where is Yaskawa based and when was it founded?

Yaskawa is based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. Stage: Established.