{"title":"Epson Robots vs FANUC: Industrial arms & cobots compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/epson-robots-vs-fanuc","comparison":"FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; Epson Robots ranks 67 with 80. FANUC is ahead on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Level on deployment and firepower. Epson Robots is based in Suwa, Japan, FANUC in Oshino, Japan. Epson Robots: Established. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. Epson Robots is named in 2 signals and FANUC in 111.","companies":[{"name":"Epson Robots","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/epson-robots","city":"Suwa","country":"Japan","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Epson Robots (a Seiko Epson division) has sold 150,000+ robots cumulatively (as of April 2026) and claims to be the #1 SCARA maker worldwide, with GX/RS/T SCARA and 6-axis lines. It previewed its first cobot platform for a 2026 launch at Automate (June 2026), with SafeSense safety technology and new products at Automation Expo Mumbai. Robots-business revenue is not broken out (estimated 100-500m).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":67,"score":80,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":6},"why":"Epson Robots develops and sells industrial SCARA robots, 6-axis robots, and collaborative robots for factory automation, along with robot controllers and integrated automation solutions.","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":2,"facts_total":1},{"name":"FANUC","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/fanuc","city":"Oshino","country":"Japan","stage":"Public","founded":1972,"last_round":null,"positioning":"FANUC is a Japanese industrial-automation leader ($7.2B group in robotics and CNC) with robot capacity of 11,000/month (actual ~8,000/month) and 750,000 cumulative robots (as of 2021). It is a structurally dominant arm and CNC maker. Current unit output and recent dated events were not captured this pass beyond the IFR capacity data.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":6,"score":94,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"FANUC builds and supplies industrial robot arms, collaborative robots, welding and painting robots, and integrated robotic automation systems for manufacturing, machining, assembly and material handling.","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":111,"facts_total":136}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}