13 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100 are in the Components category (13% of the list), in 4 segments and from 6 countries. The highest ranked is SMC, rank 15 of 100 with a score of 90. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the robotics landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | SMCSMC supplies pneumatic and automatic-control components for industrial robots, including cylinders, valves, fieldbus equipment and magnetless rodless cylinders. | Components / Actuation | Japan | 90 |
| 19 | FestoFesto sells pneumatic and electric grippers, including HPPH, HPSX and EHMD, as robotic end-effectors for industrial automation and handling customers. | Components / Manipulation & end-effectors | Germany | 88 |
| 20 | Physik InstrumentePhysik Instrumente builds precision motion systems, piezo platforms, and custom hybrid actuators that provide controlled positioning and movement for robotic and automation applications. | Components / Actuation | Germany | 88 |
| 27 | NabtescoNabtesco manufactures precision reducers and motion-control components used in industrial robot joints and other robotic actuation systems. | Components / Actuation | Japan | 86 |
| 31 | SchunkSCHUNK is a major supplier of robotic gripping, clamping and workholding technology used for industrial automation and robot manipulation. | Components / Manipulation & end-effectors | Germany | 85 |
| 33 | NXP SemiconductorsNXP supplies processors, MCUs, connectivity and control platforms for distributed robotics controllers, mobile robots and other physical-AI systems. | Components / Compute & controllers | Netherlands | 85 |
| 43 | Harmonic Drive SystemsHarmonic Drive Systems supplies precision reducers and motion-control components used to actuate robots. | Components / Actuation | Japan | 83.5 |
| 50 | Igusigus supplies motion and automation components used in robotics, including drylin and drylin E motorized linear-motion systems, iglide self-lubricating bearings, cable-management systems, and high-cycle robotic cables. | Components / Structure & materials | Germany | 82 |
| 51 | BeckhoffBeckhoff supplies industrial PCs, controllers, EtherCAT I/O and TwinCAT software used to control robots and automated machinery. | Components / Compute & controllers | Germany | 82 |
| 56 | QualcommQualcomm supplies Dragonwing processors and compute modules that give industrial robots, cognitive robots, vision systems and autonomous-driving platforms on-device AI and control. | Components / Compute & controllers | United States | 81.5 |
| 72 | CongatecCongatec is a fabless supplier of embedded computer-on-modules for industrial customers, including robotics maker ANYbotics. | Components / Compute & controllers | Germany | 80 |
| 93 | SiEngineSiEngine supplies compute chips used for autonomous driving, including ADAS SoCs supporting L2 to L4 driving and deployed in Geely vehicles. These processors are component-level compute for autonomous-vehicle systems. | Components / Compute & controllers | China | 78 |
| 95 | SPINEASPINEA develops and supplies high-precision cycloidal gear reducers and DriveSpin actuators used in industrial robotics and automation motion-control systems. | Components / Actuation | Slovakia | 78 |
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SMC ranks highest (rank 15 of 100, score 90). The Components category holds 13 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100: SMC, Festo, Physik Instrumente, Nabtesco and Schunk and 8 more. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
SMC, Festo, Physik Instrumente, Nabtesco and Schunk and 8 more. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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