Yamaha Motor
About
About Yamaha Motor
Yamaha Motor operates a robotics business covering factory automation, electronics assembly and semiconductor production equipment. Its industrial range includes single-axis, Cartesian, SCARA and vertically articulated robots, linear conveyor modules and controllers used for conveyance, feeding, assembly, dispensing and inspection.
The company also supplies surface mounters, solder-paste printers, dispensers and visual-inspection systems for printed-circuit-board lines, alongside bonding and moulding equipment for semiconductor back-end processes. Yamaha began applying robots to motorcycle assembly in the 1970s and now develops, manufactures and supports these systems through dedicated operations in Japan and Asia. Its Hamamatsu expansion increased surface-mounter production capacity and consolidated engineering, production, sales and service.
Products
- Yamaha YK-XG Series
YK-XG
Operations
Facilities & manufacturing
- Facility
2026-05-22 - Yamaha Motor opened a robotics sales and service facility in Gurugram to support SMT assembly systems and industrial robots. - Gurugram robotics facility - Gurugram robotics sales and service facility
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- TOYO Automation
Inbound - Manufacturing - TOYO Automation manufactures selected industrial robot models for Yamaha Motor under an OEM relationship
Source - Velodyne Lidar
Inbound - Sensing - Velodyne began shipping Puck lidar sensors to Yamaha Motor for the eve auto factory-logistics service
Source - HARTING Technology Group
Inbound - Compute & Control - Yamaha’s seven-axis cobot development uses HARTING Han-Modular inserts in its control-system connector
Source - HARTING Technology Group
Inbound - actuation and motion control - Yamaha’s seven-axis cobot development uses HARTING Han-Eco connectors between the robot and control system
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Team
- Motofumi Shitara - President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director - Leads Yamaha Motor across mobility, robotics and industrial equipment businesses.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-04 - Market Signal - Yamaha Motor reports JPY 60.1bn H1 robotics revenue
Robotics revenue increased 24.5% year over year to JPY 60.1bn, up by JPY 11.9bn. The segment generated JPY 3.7bn of operating profit after recording a JPY 1.5bn operating loss in the prior-year period. Surface-mounter sales were strong in China and industrial-robot unit sales recovered, while semiconductor back-end equipment sales declined because of shipment timing.
Source - 2026-07-23 - Product Launch - Yamaha launches YE4 and YE10 SCARA robots and RCX440 controller
The YE4 carries 4 kg and the YE10 carries 10 kg, with standard cycle times down to 0.36 seconds depending on model. Yamaha targets China, ASEAN countries, India and Japan with a lower-cost line derived from the YK-XE Series. The RCX440 retains RCX340-style operation while using encoder and battery changes intended to reduce setup burden and cost.
Source - 2026-05-22 - Facility Opening - Yamaha Motor opens robotics sales and service facility in Gurugram
The facility was established inside Yamaha Motor India Sales in Gurugram, Haryana. Initial support covers SMT assembly systems and industrial robots. Yamaha Motor said the facility includes a showroom and will later build structures for semiconductor back-end process equipment.
Source - 2024-04-03 - Acquisition - Yamaha Motor completes acquisition of Torqeedo
Yamaha purchased all Torqeedo shares on 3 April 2024, acquiring 100% of the voting interests. The cash consideration was EUR77.4 million, reported as JPY12.643 billion in Yamaha Motor's financial statements. Torqeedo's electric propulsion portfolio, patents, R&D capability and production resources became part of Yamaha's Marine CASE strategy.
Source - 2022-10-11 - Partnership - Velodyne begins lidar shipments to Yamaha Motor for eve auto
Yamaha uses Velodyne Puck sensors for localisation and navigation in indoor and outdoor factory transport. eve autonomy is a joint venture between Yamaha Motor and Tier IV. The eve auto subscription includes fleet management, mapping, maintenance and software updates.
Source - 2021-09-21 - Funding - Advanced Farm Technologies receives follow-on investment from Yamaha Motor and Kubota
The TX harvester combines an unmanned ground vehicle with image sensors and AI that identifies ripe strawberries for robotic picking. Advanced Farm Technologies also provided contracted strawberry-harvesting services from its Davis, California base. The investors linked the financing to further technical development and business expansion across ground-crop and tree-crop automation.
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