{"title":"KUKA vs Yaskawa: Industrial arms & cobots compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/kuka-vs-yaskawa","comparison":"Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; KUKA ranks 13 with 91. The eight measures are level. KUKA is based in Augsburg, Germany, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. KUKA: Established. Yaskawa: Established. KUKA is named in 30 signals and Yaskawa in 57.","companies":[{"name":"KUKA","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/kuka","city":"Augsburg","country":"Germany","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"KUKA is a German industrial-robot maker (Midea-owned, EUR 3.9B group revenue in 2025 including Swisslog) whose Shunde park in China is its largest robot production base (80,000+ cumulative), running a robots-build-robots line. Midea's robotics segment exceeded RMB 30bn (February 2025 statement), and its iisy cobot line extends the range. Segment splits below the group are not detailed.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":13,"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":"KUKA develops and supplies industrial robotic systems, including KR Quantec robots used in CNC tending cells and the iiQKA robotics ecosystem. Its core business is industrial automation and robotic production equipment.","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":30,"facts_total":19},{"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."}