Yaskawa Electric Corporation

• GP110
• GP12
• GP165R
• GP180
• GP200R
• GP215
• GP225
• GP250
• GP280
• GP35L
• GP4
• GP400
• GP50
• GP600
• GP70L
• GP8
• GP88
• HC10DTP
• Motoman GP25
• Motoman HC20DTP
• MOTOMAN NEX10

  MOTOMAN NEXT

• MOTOMAN NEX35

  MOTOMAN NEXT

• MOTOMAN-HC35
• Yaskawa Motoman Industrial Robots

  Industrial

Facilities & manufacturing

• Facility

  2025-07-01 - Yaskawa America announced plans for a Franklin, Wisconsin robot manufacturing facility to begin U.S. manufacturing of high-volume industrial robots. - Motoman industrial robots - Franklin, Wisconsin

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• Customer site

  2025-07-28 - Orion’s Salo packaging cell uses GP12 to place medicine packages in cartons and GP35L to handle carton blanks, labels and palletizing. Vacuum plate grippers and YRC1000 controllers coordinate the workflow. - Salo

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• Customer site

  HINODE uses GP110, GP250 and GP280 robots to handle cast-iron manhole frames in its Saga deburring workcell. Workholding jigs and grinding equipment accommodate different products. - Saga plant

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• Operating use

  A GEI-built cell uses GP180 with a pneumatic gripper and turning mechanism to unload ice-cube trays from trolleys and feed a hydraulic demoulding press at an Asturian ice producer.

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• Customer site

  Plocher Möbelelemente operates GP35L stacking cells built by Mutz Maschinenbau. The robots palletize machined furniture components, insert separator strips and transfer selected workpieces to an inspection belt. - Vöhringen

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• GP225 with Meltio Engine

  Research Experiment - Mounted - HybridR used a Yaskawa GP225 with a Meltio Engine at Gizelis Robotics to print 316 stainless-steel test coupons.

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• Yaskawa motors with Sony AI Ace autonomous table-tennis system

  Research Experiment - Embedded - Sony AI’s Ace research robot used Yaskawa motors to increase torque in its upgraded six-axis arm.

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Supply chain relationships

• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - MOTOMAN NEX35 uses NVIDIA-based ACU control module

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• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - MOTOMAN NEX10 uses NVIDIA-based ACU control module

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• Nabtesco

  Inbound - robotic motion components - Nabtesco supplies precision reduction gears for Yaskawa industrial robot joints

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• ForwardX Robotics

  Inbound - Equipment - ForwardX Robotics supplies autonomous mobile robots for Yaskawa robotics manufacturing operations

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• Google DeepMind

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Yaskawa’s Agentic Robot System development integrates Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 reasoning model

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• Intel

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Intel FPGAs provide robot control, servo control and functional safety in Yaskawa YRC1000

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• Zivid

  Inbound - Perception - Yaskawa’s Agentic Robot System development integrates Zivid 2+ R-series 3D vision with MOTOMAN NEXT

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• Cognex Corporation

  Inbound - Perception - Yaskawa MotoSight 2D integrates Cognex In-Sight cameras for robot guidance, identification and inspection

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• THK

  Inbound - Motion - THK supplied Caged Ball LM Guides and ball screws for Yaskawa cleanroom robots

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• 6506.T - TSE - JPY

• Hiroshi Ogasawara - Representative Director, Chairman of the Board - Ogasawara is senior board leadership for Yaskawa Electric, a core industrial robotics company.
• Masahiro Ogawa - Representative Director, President - Ogawa is executive leadership for Yaskawa Electric.

Media library

• Yaskawa HC10 machine tending

  image · Yaskawa Europe

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• Yaskawa HC10 direct teaching

  image · Yaskawa Europe

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• Yaskawa HC10 collaborative operation

  image · Yaskawa Europe

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• Yaskawa HC10 collaborative robot

  video · Yaskawa Motoman Robotics

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• HC20DTP direct-teach collaborative robot

  video · Yaskawa Motoman Robotics

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Official Yaskawa Motoman specifications, commissioning manuals and media for the HC collaborative-robot series.

• HC10DTP product reference

  WEB · HC10DTP · Yaskawa Motoman

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• HC10DTP data sheet

  PDF · HC10DTP · Yaskawa Motoman

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• HC10DTP quick-start guide — Programming Pendant

  PDF · HC10DTP / Programming Pendant · Yaskawa Motoman

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• HC10DTP quick-start guide — Smart Pendant

  PDF · HC10DTP / Smart Pendant · Yaskawa Motoman

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• HC20DTP product reference

  WEB · HC20DTP · Yaskawa Motoman

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• HC20DTP data sheet

  PDF · HC20DTP · Yaskawa Motoman

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Events

• 2026-07-21 - Product Launch - Yaskawa launches MOTOMAN-HC35 collaborative robot

  The six-axis arm combines a 35 kg payload with a 2,030 mm maximum reach. New joint torque sensors improve collision response, while hand guiding supports direct teaching. A 270 mm base footprint and internally routed Cat6A and wrist cabling simplify installation in space-constrained cells; sales began on 11 May 2026.

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• 2026-07-16 - Partnership - Fujitsu begins physical-AI business study with FANUC, Yaskawa and Kawasaki

  Fujitsu will lead the business study and contribute AI, world-model, simulation and systems-integration capabilities. The robot manufacturers bring industrial platforms, control systems and deployment experience. The initiative builds on Fujitsu and NVIDIA collaboration and is intended to move physical AI toward commercial implementation in Japan.

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• 2026-07-15 - Partnership - Yaskawa integrates Gemini Robotics into MOTOMAN NEXT

  The system combines vision, path planning and force sensing to turn a general instruction into physical robot actions. Yaskawa describes automatic recovery from dropped objects and links to production-management systems for tasks such as parts replenishment. The system remains under development; specific applications and availability will be announced after preparations are complete.

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• 2026-07-13 - Demonstration - Yaskawa validates MOTOMAN NEXT with SoftBank AI cloud

  The system stably manipulated wire harnesses, whose changing shape and grasp position complicate conventional robot control. The workflow connects collection of robot motion data with AI training, evaluation and deployment back to the hardware. SoftBank’s GPU cloud provides the development environment, with NVIDIA supporting the toolchain.

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• 2026-06-15 - Partnership - Novarc and Yaskawa America sign MoU for AI-powered autonomous welding

  The agreement links Novarc welding intelligence software with Yaskawa industrial robot systems. The collaboration targets automated welding workflows for fabrication and industrial production.

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• 2026-02-16 - Product Launch - Yaskawa launches robotic warehouse solutions in North America

  Launch brought Yaskawa robotic warehouse solutions to the North American market. Yaskawa America supports deployment, delivery and service for the offering. The solution package includes motion-planning and vision technologies for warehouse automation.

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• 2025-07-28 - Deployment - Yaskawa deploys GP12 and GP35L packaging robots at Orion in Salo

  Both robots use vacuum plate grippers and YRC1000 controllers. GP12 fills cartons, while GP35L handles carton blanks, labels and palletizing. The cell connects to Orion’s information system and supports product aggregation and serialization.

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• 2025-07-01 - Facility Opening - Yaskawa plans Wisconsin robot manufacturing facility

  Expansion includes a planned robotic manufacturing facility in Franklin, Wisconsin. Yaskawa said robots will be manufactured in Franklin and shipped to customers or integrated at its Ohio facility. This is distinct from Yaskawa’s MOTOMAN NEXT product launch already in the DB.

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• 2024-08-28 - Deployment - Yaskawa integrates 15 ForwardX Flex AMRs into robot assembly

  The Flex fleet uses RFID technology within the integrated manufacturing solution. The AMRs move material between two robotic-arm work areas. The case study presents assembly-on-AMR as part of the operating configuration.

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• 2023-11-29 - Product Launch - Yaskawa launches MOTOMAN NEXT adaptive industrial robot series

  Yaskawa launched the MOTOMAN NEXT series with five payload classes from 4 kg to 35 kg. The series adds autonomous adaptivity through environment recognition, judgment and motion planning functions. Yaskawa positioned the open platform for food, logistics, agriculture and other automation areas that still rely on human judgment.

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• 2019-03-21 - Product Launch - KC Robotics previews Redline EZ-Load machine tending for Automate 2019

  The planned system combines KC Robotics' user interface with Yaskawa collaborative-robot technology. The compact, economical design targets manufacturers facing a shortage of skilled workers. KC Robotics planned to introduce the system at booth 7711 at McCormick Place in Chicago during the 8–11 April exhibition.

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• 2017-11-07 - Product Launch - Yaskawa expands MOTOMAN range with 29 medium and large industrial robots

  The new range spans 35–600 kg payloads across handling, spot welding and transfer between presses. The announcement names GP35L, GP110, GP165R, GP180, GP215, GP225, GP250 and GP280 among the new handling models. YRC1000 adds regenerative power handling, with energy savings dependent on the robot and operating cycle.

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Relationships

• Rapid Robotics

  Robot Arm Partner - Rapid Robotics added Yaskawa Motoman industrial arms to its preconfigured automation portfolio.

• Novarc

  AI Welding Mou - Novarc and Yaskawa America signed an MoU to bring Novarc welding intelligence onto Yaskawa robotic systems.

• Basler

  Compatible Robotics Integration - Basler products support Yaskawa Electric Corporation robot applications.

• Google DeepMind

  Verified AI Integration - Yaskawa integrated Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 into its MOTOMAN NEXT agentic system.

• SoftBank Corp.

  Verified Infrastructure Integration - Yaskawa and SoftBank Corp. validated MOTOMAN NEXT deformable-object handling using SoftBank Corp.’s AI Data Center GPU Cloud.

• GEI

  System Integration - GEI built an ice-cube tray demoulding cell around Yaskawa GP180 for an Asturian ice producer.

• SICK AG

  Compatible Integration - SICK PLOC2D robot-guidance programs support Yaskawa Motoman robots.

• Bosch Rexroth

  Platform Support - Bosch Rexroth documents ctrlX and Fuzzy RTOS integration with Yaskawa robots.

• Plocher Möbelelemente

  Customer Deployment - Plocher Möbelelemente uses Yaskawa GP35L robots in furniture-component stacking cells built by Mutz Maschinenbau.

• VIPA ControlsAmerica

  Yaskawa Automation Controls Subsidiary - VIPA ControlsAmerica is the North American VIPA controls business within Yaskawa.

• Fujitsu

  Physical AI Business Study Partner - Fujitsu is working with yaskawa on physical-AI business studies and deployment pathways in Japan.

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Context tags

• Industrial robotics market participation - Workflow
• Industrial robotics supply chain - Stack Layer - Yaskawa Electric Corporation's robotics role maps to the industrial robotics supply chain stack layer.
• Industrial robot arm builder - Peer Group
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Yaskawa Electric Corporation's robotics role maps to the robot oem stack layer.
• Servo motion control supplier - Stack Layer