Teradyne vs Yaskawa: Industrial arms & cobots compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. Yaskawa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Level on positioning and firepower. Teradyne is based in North Reading, United States, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. Yaskawa: Established. Teradyne is named in 55 signals and Yaskawa in 57.

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.

Yaskawa →

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Robotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots · Established · yaskawa-global.com

Yaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets.

Robotics 100 · rank 11 · score 91AI Core · discarded · score 58

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production10
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage8

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

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.

Latest signals

  • JEITA held a CEATEC 2026 symposium on Japan’s industrial competitiveness in physical AI.MONOist (ITmedia)
  • Yaskawa Electric launched the seven-axis MOTOMAN-PA3050HB painting robot.MONOist (ITmedia)
  • Yaskawa Electric published the customer magazine YASKAWA NEWS No.355.Automation News Japan

57 signals name Yaskawa.

Facts, with sources

  • MOTOMAN-HC12 collaborative robot with 12 kg payload capacity and 1410 mm reachYaskawa
  • MOTOMAN-HC35 collaborative robot with 35 kg payload capacity and 2030 mm reachYaskawa
  • Integrated Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 with MOTOMAN NEXT for advanced decision-making and precise physical movementsYaskawa

25 facts on file.

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Teradyne or Yaskawa: which is ahead in robotics?

Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. Yaskawa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Level on positioning and firepower. Teradyne is based in North Reading, United States, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. Yaskawa: Established. Teradyne is named in 55 signals and Yaskawa in 57.

How do Teradyne and Yaskawa compare?

Yaskawa ranks 11 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 91; Teradyne ranks 94 with 78. Yaskawa is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology and leverage. Level on positioning and firepower. Teradyne is based in North Reading, United States, Yaskawa in Kitakyushu, Japan. Teradyne: Public, founded 1960. Yaskawa: Established. Teradyne is named in 55 signals and Yaskawa in 57. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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