Overview
Cycloidal speed reducers for robot joints. Key alternative to Harmonic drive.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Status
Type
Data & sources
Press releases
1
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Partnerships
Every company Sumitomo Drive Technologies has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Sumitomo Drive Technologies on the deployment map
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Relationships
Safety record
No incidents on record for Sumitomo Drive Technologies.
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 →
Recent coverage
Sumitomo Drive Technologies in third-party press
Sumitomo Drive Technologies Acquires Riverside Spline & Gear to Expand U.S. Manufacturing Capacity - citybiz
Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America Marks 60 Years of Excellence in Power Transmission - GlobeNewswire
Sumitomo automates warehouse operations with Swisslog AutoStore System - Automotive Logistics
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 2 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Sumitomo Drive Technologies has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—operating
- sumitomo-drive-technologies x SwisslogwithSwisslogtechnology—operating
- technology—just announced
Timeline
Every recorded move in Sumitomo Drive Technologies’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to KUKA AG
2026-08-23Supply: Sumitomo cyclo drives for KUKA to KUKA AG
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Yaskawa Electric
2026-08-23Supply: Sumitomo cyclo drives for Yaskawa to Yaskawa Electric
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Kawasaki Robotics
2026-08-23Supply: Cyclo drives for robot joints to Kawasaki Robotics
Started supplyingBecame supplier to FANUC Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Precision gearboxes to FANUC Corporation
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sumitomo Drive Technologies.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sumitomo Drive Technologies from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Sumitomo Drive Technologies Acquires Riverside Spline & Gear to Expand U.S. Manufacturing Capacity - citybiz
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Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America Marks 60 Years of Excellence in Power Transmission - GlobeNewswire
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Sumitomo automates warehouse operations with Swisslog AutoStore System - Automotive Logistics
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Sumitomo Drive Technologies USA partners with Swisslog to modernize Virginia headquarters operation - Modern Materials Handling
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Sources: AMR maker Seegrid hit with layoffs - The Robot Report
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Seegrid AMRs Transform Material Handling for Sumitomo Drive Technologies - businesswire.com
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Meet ‘SAM,' Sumitomo (SHI) Demag's own robot series - Plastics News
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Sumitomo Drive Technologies to invest US$50 million in Nuevo Leon - MEXICONOW
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Precision Gearbox Market Size, Growth Report, 2026-2033 - Grand View Research
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Precision Gearbox Market Size, Forecasts Report 2026-2035 - Global Market Insights Inc.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sumitomo-drive-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sumitomo-drive-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/29c15bbe-6391-4f62-b851-87dc0f4aa8b5
- Revision history: /companies/sumitomo-drive-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Sumitomo Drive Technologies against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Aug 24, 2026