{"title":"Nabtesco vs Physik Instrumente: Actuation compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/nabtesco-vs-physik-instrumente","comparison":"Physik Instrumente ranks 20 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 87; Nabtesco ranks 27 with 86. Nabtesco is ahead on progress and firepower. Physik Instrumente is ahead on production and technology. Level on deployment, commercials, positioning and leverage. Nabtesco is based in Tokyo, Japan, Physik Instrumente in Karlsruhe, Germany. Nabtesco: Established. Nabtesco is named in 5 signals and Physik Instrumente in 0.","companies":[{"name":"Nabtesco","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nabtesco","city":"Tokyo","country":"Japan","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Nabtesco is a Japanese precision-reducer maker (~$1.3B group revenue) supplying RV reducers for large and mid robot joints, with a share estimated at 35-60% depending on scope definition, and it supplies nearly every major robot OEM. It is doubling its RV reducer production capacity by 2026 citing humanoid demand, with its precision segment up JPY 4.8bn in Q1-26 on auto and semiconductor recovery. It is a components-scale incumbent in the motion supply chain.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":27,"score":86,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Nabtesco manufactures precision reducers and motion-control components used in industrial robot joints and other robotic actuation systems.","segment":"Actuation","layer":"Components"},"signals_total":5,"facts_total":23},{"name":"Physik Instrumente","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/physik-instrumente","city":"Karlsruhe","country":"Germany","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Physik Instrumente (PI) SE & Co. KG of Karlsruhe is a 1970-founded specialist in nanopositioning stages, piezo actuators, hexapods and air-bearing systems; since 31 Mar 2026 it operates as HOERBIGER's independent Positioning Division while retaining its name, brand and 1,900-person global footprint across nine production sites. 2025 group sales were 321 million euros; it delivered 2,500 hybrid actuators worth 15.9 million euros to ESO's ELT (project close Oct 2025) and opened a 140,000 sq ft US factory in Shrewsbury, MA in Nov 2025. Distinguishing point is full vertical integration of own piezo ceramics (PI Ceramic), in-house sensors/controllers and space-qualified PICMA actuators with NASA Mars and LEO-satellite heritage.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":20,"score":87,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":6,"firepower":6,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":10},"why":"Physik Instrumente builds precision motion systems, piezo platforms, and custom hybrid actuators that provide controlled positioning and movement for robotic and automation applications.","segment":"Actuation","layer":"Components"},"signals_total":0,"facts_total":14}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}