Yaskawa is building MOTOMAN NEXT into adaptive robot cells

Yaskawa launched MOTOMAN NEXT in November 2023 with five payload classes and open-platform controls.

Yaskawa launched the MOTOMAN NEXT series on November 29, 2023. The series includes five payload classes at 4 kg, 7 kg, 10 kg, 20 kg, and 35 kg, giving the platform a range of industrial-cell sizes from light handling to heavier manipulation.

Yaskawa describes MOTOMAN NEXT as an open platform for adaptive industrial robots, connecting factory data from robots and servo drives.

Yaskawa is a Japanese industrial automation company with a long base across drives, motion control, and industrial robots.

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