Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Dobot ranks 47 with 83. Yaskawa is ahead on production, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, progress, technology and positioning. Dobot is based in Shenzhen, China, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Dobot: public. Yaskawa: Established. Dobot is named in 17 signals and Yaskawa in 57.
Dobot is a robotics manufacturer whose core business includes developing and selling robotic systems, particularly industrial and collaborative robots.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Dobot is a Chinese robot maker (HKEX-listed, A-share second listing approved July 2026) of desktop, light-industrial, and collaborative robots, with its Atom humanoid entering mass production at a ~$27K list price. FY25 revenue was RMB 493M (~$68M, +32%), though it is not yet profitable. Its IPO raised HKD 752M in December 2024.
17 signals name Dobot.
34 facts on file.
Yaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
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.
57 signals name Yaskawa.
25 facts on file.
Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Dobot ranks 47 with 83. Yaskawa is ahead on production, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, progress, technology and positioning. Dobot is based in Shenzhen, China, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Dobot: public. Yaskawa: Established. Dobot is named in 17 signals and Yaskawa in 57.
Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Dobot ranks 47 with 83. Yaskawa is ahead on production, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on deployment, progress, technology and positioning. Dobot is based in Shenzhen, China, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Dobot: public. Yaskawa: Established. Dobot is named in 17 signals and Yaskawa in 57. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
Members see every signal and fact behind both companies, the live ranking, the questions the signals answer and the week explained. $99 a month, 7-day trial. What Frontier Tech Intelligence is →