The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: 1 model, 3 deployments across 2 regions. 15 sources back the record.
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Mitsubishi electric Corporation (TSE: 6503) is a Tokyo-based global electronics and industrial automation leader, founded in 1921. The company's Factory Automation Systems division manufactures MELFA industrial robots (SCARA, 6-axis articulated, collaborative), CNC systems, PLCs, and servo drives. With FY2025 revenue of JPY 5,521.7B (~USD 37B), Mitsubishi Electric is one of the world's largest industrial robot makers, deploying across automotive, semiconductor, and electronics manufacturing.
Reality check
MELFA robots (company-claimed)
Three families: FR (high-speed, high-precision industrial), CR (simpler practical industrial) and ASSISTA (collaborative, for work alongside people).
MELFA FR Plus (company-claimed)
Options include MELFA High Drive control, more force sensors and ROS2 driver support.
MECH-iC chiller (company-claimed)
Sep 2026: Magnetic-bearing air-cooled chillers for US hyperscale and colocation data centers in 350-ton (1.2 MW) and 500-ton (1.75 MW) models.
MECH-iC specs (company-claimed)
About 25% smaller footprint, ambient up to 125F, oil-free compressors, R515B refrigerant, restart under 3 minutes. No customers disclosed.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
iQ Care MELFA Support
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Patent documents
6
Web sources
8
15 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Foxconn (Hon Hai)1× joint5 total
Most recent
- with Foxconn (Hon Hai)just announced
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified May 2026. Explore where Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Mitsubishi Electric Corporation deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Kei Uruma President & CEO
- Tomohiro Yoshida President, Factory Automation Division
- Milton Coleman VP, Industrial Automation Division (US)
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation1 deployment
Recent coverage
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in third-party press
Foxconn pays $727M for half of Mitsubishi Electric’s car parts unit in EV push
Foxconn buys into Mitsubishi Electric’s EV parts business
MassRobotics Opens Applications for Healthcare Robotics Catalyst Program Cohort 6, Presented by Festo, Mitsubishi Electric US, Novanta and Intel
Peers
21 peers across 1 segment. Every Mitsubishi Electric Corporation competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
cobot(21)
19 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2089.586283779087) · leader Doosan Robotics at 2849%
- AUBO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Agile Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DENSO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dobotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Doosan Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ELITE Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (3)
Registry pages whose text names Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Deployments (1)
Supplies to (1)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kioskby Cafe XMitsubishi six-axis industrial robot arm ('Gordon')suppliesclaimedended
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Foxconn (Hon Hai)just announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Foxconn (Hon Hai)1× joint5 total
Patent estate (6)
- US11872702B2usptograntedgranted 2024-01-16assignee
- US20190339693A1usptopendingassignee
- US9043025B2usptograntedgranted 2015-06-02assignee
- US9796089B2usptograntedgranted 2017-10-24assignee
- US6121743Ausptograntedgranted 2000-09-26assignee
- WO2000033359A2wipopendingassignee
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation logo
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Automated Machine Tending with RV-8CRL + ARIA | Mitsubishi Electric...
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Mitsubishi RV-8CRL at Global
Sources (9)
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/ir/index.html
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/products/rbt/robot/ex/lineup/index.html
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/products/rbt/robot/index.html
- https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/mitsubishi-electric-launches-mech-ic-chiller-platform-meet-growing-ai-data-center · 2026-09-15
- https://thedatacenterengineer.com/news/mitsubishi-electric-launches-1-75-mw-magnetic-bearing-air-cooled-chiller-for-ai-data-centers/ · 2026-09
- https://x.com/DataCenterEngnr/status/2107234385376182473 · 2026-10-05
- Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) and Mitsubishi Electric Reach Final Agreement on Strategic Alliance for Joint Operation of Automotive Equipment Business · https://www.honhai.com/en-us/press-center/press-releases/latest-news/2124 · 2026-10-16
- Foxconn pays $727M for half of Mitsubishi Electric's car parts unit in EV push · https://electrek.co/2026/10/19/foxconn-mitsubishi-electric-mobility-50-percent-stake-ev-push/ · 2026-10-19
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Methodology: Verified · 9 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 8
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- ABB3 models
- DENSO Corporation3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- AUBO Robotics2 models
- Agile Robots2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Mitsubishi Electric Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Foxconn pays $727M for half of Mitsubishi Electric’s car parts unit in EV push
Foxconn is buying half of Mitsubishi Electric’s auto parts business for ¥115 billion ($727 million), its biggest bet yet on turning years of EV promises into a real car business.…
Foxconn buys into Mitsubishi Electric’s EV parts business
Foxconn continues to push into Japanese automotive, but Mitsubishi remains the only local automaker to respond with enthusiasm. By Stewart Burnett The post Foxconn buys into…
MassRobotics Opens Applications for Healthcare Robotics Catalyst Program Cohort 6, Presented by Festo, Mitsubishi Electric US, Novanta and Intel
The Healthcare Robotics Catalyst Program pairs early- to growth-stage startups with industry mentors MassRobotics announces the call for applicants for Cohort 6 of its Healthcare…
Mitsubishi Electric’s New AI Helps Rescue Robots Hear Survivors After Disasters
Mitsubishi Electric is back at CEATEC 2026 in Japan with new AI-driven demonstrations showing how artificial intelligence could better understand its surroundings and assist…
SWISSto12 secures Mitsubishi Electric antenna contract as companies target Japanese satellite market
Swiss satellite communications company SWISSto12 has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) to pursue satellite payload and radio…
Mitsubishi Electric hires Spector to oversee innovation and ventures across the Americas
In the newly established role, Spector will help accelerate the work at Serendie Street Boston, the company’s digital transformation arm. The post Mitsubishi Electric hires…
‘Machine builders must act now ahead of CRA vulnerability reporting deadline Machine’
Mchine builders must act now to prepare for the EU Cyber Resilience Act’s vulnerability and incident reporting requirements, Mitsubishi Electric Europe has warned, with the rules…
Mitsubishi Electric To Acquire PCI Energy Solutions For $1.4 Billion To Expand Energy Management Software Platform
Mitsubishi Electric has agreed to acquire PCI Energy Solutions for $1.4 billion, expanding the Japanese industrial technology company's presence in enterprise software used to…
Coherent Stock Is Cooling Off Just as Its AI Thermal Opportunity Heats Up
Coherent shares fell about 12% despite strong earnings and a new 300mm silicon carbide substrate for AI chip thermal management, backed by $1 billion from Denso and Mitsubishi…
Joint Venture to Build AI Vision Sensor Solutions for Manufacturing Applications
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement on a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the…
Mitsubishi Electric to start industrial buildup for GCAP fighter
The Japanese company is a key participant in the Global Combat Air Program, which aims to deploy a frontline fighter by 2035.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/mitsubishi-electric.md
- RSS feed: /companies/mitsubishi-electric/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6b9f47a9-ff9f-4a80-a2d1-8576c714633b
- Revision history: /companies/mitsubishi-electric/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- ABB3 models
- DENSO Corporation3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- AUBO Robotics2 models
- Agile Robots2 models
Video
Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The fastest robot to solve a puzzle cube is 0.305 seconds and was built by Component Production Engineering Center, Mitsubish
This is a pick and place demo using the RH-3 series ceiling mounted robot at the Automate 2013 show.
This robot demo we displayed at Automate 2013 shows a standard and inverted SCARA robot working in unison.
Learn more at https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/products/industrial-robots-melfa
Together with Realtime Robotics, Mitsubishi Electric Automation offers a multi-robot work cell solution, complete with real-time path planning and collision avo
Learn more at https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/products/industrial-robots-melfa
To learn more about SCADA software for integrated monitoring and control, visit https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/products/software/visualization/genesis6
This is the RV-3 robot order fulfillment demo we displayed at the ProMat 2013 show. Learn more at https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/products/industrial-ro
LoadMate Plus cells can be configured to fit a variety of robot applications, helping integrators, OEMs, and manufacturers save time & cost with a complete robo
Mitsubishi Electric overview of robotics at the Automate 2013 show.
Mitsubishi Electric CNC & Robot Company Overview. Providing North American service and sales for machine tool CNC’s and automation. To learn more please visit o
Together with Realtime Robotics, multiple Mitsubishi Electric robots can operate safely and efficiently in unstructured and dynamic environments. Mitsubishi E
Mitsubishi Electric and Southie Autonomy are bringing automation technologies—collaborative robot hardware and software—together to perfect packaging performanc
ARIA stands for Automated Robotic Industrial Assistant, and it joins LoadMate Plus in our pre-engineered work cell product family. The RV-8CRL robot is used for
IKA Technology sought to automate previously manual tasks in a metal analysis and spectrometry process because the tasks had been time-consuming and unsafe for
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation draws attention at the 92nd percentile but verifies reality at the 83rd percentile among cobot robots. Hype Gap +9.7, 8th widest among cobot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026