FANUC vs Teradyne: Industrial arms & cobots compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. FANUC is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Level on firepower. FANUC is based in Oshino, Japan, Teradyne in North Reading, United States. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. FANUC is named in 111 signals and Teradyne in 55.

FANUC →

Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Public · founded 1972 · www.fanuc.co.jp

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.

Robotics 100 · rank 6 · score 94AI Core · discarded · score 88

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production10
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning10
Firepower10
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

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.

Latest signals

  • FANUC demonstrated its generative-AI-powered Physical AI CNC system at JIMTOF2026.MONOist (ITmedia)
  • FANUC and Microsoft are integrating factory-floor and enterprise data through Copilot.MONOist (ITmedia)
  • FANUC America opened the FANUC Training Academy in Auburn Hills, Michigan as the largest U.S. corporate robot and industrial automation education center.Robot News

111 signals name FANUC.

Facts, with sources

  • Technology demonstrated for importing robot motion simulations from ROBOGUIDE into NVIDIA Isaac SimThe Robot Report
  • Setco’s robotic spindle demonstrated in a FANUC machining system at IMTS 2026.RoboticsTomorrow
  • Setco’s robotic spindle showcased at IMTS 2026www.roboticstomorrow.com — 2026-09-14

136 facts on file.

Teradyne →

North Reading, Massachusetts, United States · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Public · founded 1960 · www.teradyne.com

Teradyne sells Universal Robots collaborative robot arms and MiR autonomous mobile robots for production environments.

Robotics 100 · rank 94 · score 78AI Core · watchlist · score 73

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials8
Progress9
Technology6
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Teradyne is a US maker of automated test equipment (Nasdaq:TER) and the parent of Universal Robots and MiR, which unveiled production-ready physical-AI applications at Automate 2026. Its robotics exposure runs through those subsidiaries (tracked as their own records).

Latest signals

  • Teradyne was upgraded on expectations of accelerating automated test equipment growth.Seeking Alpha
  • Teradyne and Sereact partnered to advance industrial robotics applications.Yicai
  • VanEck Semiconductor ETF fell 9.70% this week in a broad semiconductor selloff.Yicai

55 signals name Teradyne.

Facts, with sources

  • Q2-2026 Robotics revenueThe Robot Report
  • Robotics revenue in Q2-2026The Robot Report
  • Q2-2026 Teradyne revenueSemiconductor Engineering

74 facts on file.

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FANUC or Teradyne: which is ahead in robotics?

FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. FANUC is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Level on firepower. FANUC is based in Oshino, Japan, Teradyne in North Reading, United States. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. FANUC is named in 111 signals and Teradyne in 55.

How do FANUC and Teradyne compare?

FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. FANUC is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Level on firepower. FANUC is based in Oshino, Japan, Teradyne in North Reading, United States. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. FANUC is named in 111 signals and Teradyne in 55. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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