The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Yaskawa Electric: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Overview
Servo motors and drives. Motoman industrial robot series. Key actuator supplier.. Headquarters: Kitakyushu, Japan. Founded: 1915. Status: private. Type: hardware.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Status
Type
Data & sources
Press releases
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Yaskawa Electric has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Harmonic Drive SE1× joint
Most recent
- with Harmonic Drive SEoperating
Yaskawa Electric on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Keiichiro Yasukawa Founder
- Hiroshi Ogasawara President and Representative Directorsecondary-verified
- Junji Tsuda Chairman of the Boardsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Keiichiro Yasukawacofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Yaskawa Electric.
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
Yaskawa Electric in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Yaskawa Electric has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Harmonic Drive SEoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Harmonic Drive SE1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Harmonic Drive SE x Yaskawa Motoman (Industrial Robot Reducers)withHarmonic Drive SEmanufacturing2010-01-01operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Yaskawa Electric’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Nabtesco
2026-08-23Supply: Nabtesco RV reducers for Yaskawa from Nabtesco
New supplierNew supplier: ATI Industrial Automation
2026-08-23Supply: ATI tool changers for Yaskawa from ATI Industrial Automation
New supplierNew supplier: Harmonic Drive
2026-08-23Supply: Harmonic Drive for Yaskawa from Harmonic Drive
PartnershipHarmonic Drive SE x Yaskawa Motoman (Industrial Robot Reducers)
2010-01-01Harmonic Drive SE supplies precision strain wave gear reducers for Yaskawa Motoman industrial robots and cobots. Yaskawa is one of the world's largest industrial robot manufacturers, using Harmonic Drive components for joint precision across welding, handling, and palletizing applications.
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 Yaskawa Electric.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Yaskawa Electric from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Japan Integrates Semiconductor, Robotics, Automotive for Physical AI Leadership - 조선일보
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Japan Bets on Physical AI as Next-Gen Growth Engine - 조선일보
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Yomiuri: Yaskawa Electric Unveils Udon-Serving Robots - MarketWatch
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NVIDIA Cosmos Powers Japan’s Physical AI Leaders in Robotics & Manufacturing Innovation - The Fast Mode
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Japan’s robotics leaders unite with Nvidia - Taipei Times
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Nvidia builds Japan physical AI coalition with Fujitsu, FANUC - qz.com
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Nvidia partners with Japan robotics firms on AI development - Reuters
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Fujitsu to explore physical AI development and implementation across industries with FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries integrating NVIDIA technology - Fujitsu Global
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Japan’s Robotics and Manufacturing Leaders Build on NVIDIA Cosmos to Advance Physical AI Frontier - NVIDIA Newsroom
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SoftBank Corp. and Yaskawa Electric Corporation Demonstrate a Deformable Object Manipulation System Using "AI Data Center GPU Cloud" as a Physical AI Development Platform | About Us | SoftBank - ソフトバンク
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Yaskawa launches higher-capacity collaborative robot - International Business Times
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Yaskawa Electric sees AI robot, chip demand boost profits - digitimes
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/yaskawa-electric/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/85b9fd23-0503-44aa-b244-21e970e27e49
- Revision history: /companies/yaskawa-electric/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
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
Yaskawa Electric draws attention at the 66th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AMRs.
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: Sep 26, 2026