{"title":"Dobot vs Yaskawa: Industrial arms & cobots compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dobot-vs-yaskawa","comparison":"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.","companies":[{"name":"Dobot","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dobot","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":47,"score":83,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Dobot is a robotics manufacturer whose core business includes developing and selling robotic systems, particularly industrial and collaborative robots.","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":17,"facts_total":34},{"name":"Yaskawa","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/yaskawa","city":"Kitakyushu","country":"Japan","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":11,"score":91,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Yaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets.","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":57,"facts_total":25}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}