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Industrial arms & cobots (Systems) in robotics: the 12 leaders on the Robotics 100

November 2026 edition · 12 of 100 companies · rank is the position on the Robotics 100

12 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100 are in the Industrial arms & cobots segment of Systems, from 7 countries. The highest ranked is FANUC, rank 6 of 100 with a score of 94. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the robotics landscape.

RankCompanyCategory / segmentCountryScore
6FANUCFANUC builds and supplies industrial robot arms, collaborative robots, welding and painting robots, and integrated robotic automation systems for manufacturing, machining, assembly and material handling.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsJapan94
11YaskawaYaskawa develops and sells MOTOMAN industrial robots, collaborative robots, heavy-object transport robots, and autonomous robot systems for manufacturing and other industrial markets.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsJapan91
13KUKAKUKA 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.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsGermany91
18ABB RoboticsABB Robotics develops and sells industrial robotic arms and collaborative robots, including the GoFa and PoWa cobot families, for industrial automation tasks.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsSwitzerland88
22Delta ElectronicsDelta has launched an embodied-AI dual-arm platform, placing it in robotics systems for industrial manipulation and collaborative robotic applications.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsTaiwan88
24Universal RobotsUniversal Robots designs and sells collaborative robot arms and complete cobot platforms, including its UR-series robots, Gen 7 platform, controllers, and industrial workcell deployments.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsDenmark87
32AGILE RobotsAGILE Robots develops and sells industrial robotic systems, including Franka Robotics systems, the Yu 5 Industrial robot, and Diana 7, with more than 20,000 systems deployed worldwide.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsGermany85
47DobotDobot is a robotics manufacturer whose core business includes developing and selling robotic systems, particularly industrial and collaborative robots.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsChina83
59Denso WaveDenso Wave develops COBOTTA products and launched COBOTTA LAB Modules, placing it in industrial collaborative robot systems. Its QR Code Calibration and monitoring capability also supports RC9/COBOTTA robot controllers.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsJapan81
67Epson RobotsEpson Robots develops and sells industrial SCARA robots, 6-axis robots, and collaborative robots for factory automation, along with robot controllers and integrated automation solutions.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsJapan80
85Mitsubishi ElectricMitsubishi Electric makes MELFA industrial robot arms, along with PLCs and factory-automation systems used with them.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsJapan79
94TeradyneTeradyne sells Universal Robots collaborative robot arms and MiR autonomous mobile robots for production environments.Systems / Industrial arms & cobotsUnited States78

Score out of 100: traction (deployment, production, commercials, progress) and capability (technology, positioning, firepower, leverage). The full Robotics 100 with filters →

Robotics 100 by country

United States 36China 19Germany 15Japan 10Israel 3Canada 2France 2Norway 2Sweden 2Austria 1Denmark 1Ireland 1Netherlands 1Portugal 1Slovakia 1Switzerland 1Taiwan 1United Kingdom 1

Robotics 100 by region

North America 38Asia 30Europe 29Middle East 3

Robotics 100 by category

Systems 65Components 13Sensing 8Software 5Infrastructure 3Manufacturing 3Operators & services 3

Robotics 100 by segment

Autonomous vehicles & driving 12Industrial arms & cobots 12Mobile robots & AMRs 10Vision & 3D perception 8Defense & security 7Drones & aerial 7Field & outdoor 6Actuation 5Compute & controllers 5Medical & surgical 5Marine & underwater 3Production equipment 3Service & hospitality 3Fleet operations 2Manipulation & end-effectors 2Simulation & synthetic data 2Air 1Data platforms 1Ground 1Middleware & developer tools 1Motion planning & control 1Robot foundation models & world models 1Sea 1Structure & materials 1

Questions this page answers

Who are the top Industrial arms & cobots companies in robotics?

FANUC ranks highest (rank 6 of 100, score 94). The Industrial arms & cobots segment (Systems) holds 12 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100: FANUC, Yaskawa, KUKA, ABB Robotics and Delta Electronics and 7 more. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Which companies supply Industrial arms & cobots for robotics?

FANUC, Yaskawa, KUKA, ABB Robotics and Delta Electronics and 7 more. Each has a company file with scores, facts and signals. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

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