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Which companies make industrial robots?

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Many companies make industrial robots, and DEPLOY tracks the field. On DEPLOY's record the makers of industrial robots (the six-axis arms, SCARA, delta, and gantry systems that weld, assemble, tend machines, and palletize inside production cells) include the established manufacturers ABB, FANUC, KUKA, Yaskawa, Kawasaki, Comau, NACHI, Stäubli, and Estun, alongside newer AI picking and sortation builders. Most are verified at commercial or production maturity. The full roster is below, each maker dated and sourced.

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Industrial robots are the installed base of factory automation, and a lot of companies make them. On DEPLOY's record the field is led by the long-established arm and cell manufacturers, ABB in Switzerland, FANUC, Yaskawa, Kawasaki, NACHI, Mitsubishi Electric and Epson in Japan, KUKA and Comau in Europe, and a fast-growing set of Chinese makers including Estun, EFORT, and Inovance, most of them verified at commercial or production maturity on the record.

Beside them sits a newer wave of builders applying AI vision to picking, sortation, and material handling, companies such as Ambi Robotics, AMP Robotics, Plus One Robotics, and Pickle Robot, several still at pilot or research stage. The roster below lists every industrial robot maker DEPLOY tracks, each linked to its record with its models, its deployments, and its furthest verified maturity, dated and sourced or left honestly blank where the record holds nothing. It is the field on DEPLOY's record, not a ranking.

Collaborative robots (cobots), the arms designed to share an unfenced workspace with people, are a distinct class in DEPLOY's taxonomy and are tracked separately.

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The industrial robot makers

Every industrial robot maker DEPLOY tracks, each linked to its record with its models, its deployments, and its furthest verified maturity, dated and sourced or left honestly blank where the record holds nothing. Grouped by how far the maker’s industrial robots have reached on the record, the field, not a ranking. For every industrial model welding to palletizing, see the full industrial robots category hub.

Industrial robot makers on DEPLOY’s record, grouped by furthest verified maturity (the field, not a ranking)
CompanyHeadquartersIndustrial modelsDeployments (operational)Furthest maturitySources
Comau

Comau Racer-5

Turin, Italy111 opProduction
ComauRACER 5 Industrial Robot | ComauRacer5 Industrial Robot | Comau+1
NACHI Robotics

NACHI MZ25

Tokyo, Japan111 opProduction
NACHIIndustrial Robots | Nachi AmericaNachi Robotic Systems | Industrial Robot Manufacturer+1
ZenRobotics

ZenRobotics Fast Picker, ZenRobotics Recycler

Helsinki, Finland2not on recordProduction
ZenRobotics / CB InsightsZenRobotics by TerexZenRobotics+1
How we know this

Every maker in the roster comes from a dated, sourced record in the DEPLOY registry: published industrial robot models (the six-axis arm, SCARA, delta, and gantry form factor) and their deployments. Each maker's row carries its own sources; here is a sample of the receipts behind the roster.

ComauRACER 5 Industrial Robot | ComauRacer5 Industrial Robot | ComauComau Racer-5-0-80NACHIIndustrial Robots | Nachi AmericaNachi Robotic Systems | Industrial Robot ManufacturerNACHI MZ25 Product PageZenRobotics / CB InsightsZenRobotics by TerexZenRoboticsZenRoboticsBD RowaBD Rowa Vmax Product PageGSK CNC Equipment Industrial Robot Product ListingGSK Industrial Robot Catalog - DirectIndustryGSK CNCHarmonic DriveHarmonic Drivevention.ioen.wikipedia.orgPR NewswireAmbi RoboticsAmbi Robotics

A company appears here when it has at least one review-passed industrial robot model on the record. The field is scoped to DEPLOY's record and dated; collaborative robots (cobots) are a distinct form factor and are tracked separately, so they are not counted in this roster.

Common questions

Who are the big 4 industrial robot makers?
The four manufacturers most often called the big four of industrial robotics are ABB, FANUC, KUKA, and Yaskawa, and all four are on DEPLOY's record with verified models. DEPLOY does not certify an official ranking among them: it shows each maker's models, deployments, and maturity from the record and lets you weigh them. The full roster on this page places those four in the context of the whole field, including the newer AI-driven picking and sortation makers.
What is the difference between an industrial robot and a cobot?
An industrial robot in DEPLOY's taxonomy is a six-axis articulated arm, SCARA, delta, or gantry system that works inside a structured, usually fenced production cell doing welding, assembly, machine tending, material handling, or palletizing. A collaborative robot, or cobot, is an arm designed to share an unfenced workspace with people under the ISO/TS 15066 safety standard. DEPLOY tracks the two as distinct form factors, so this roster covers industrial robots and cobots are listed separately.
Which country makes the most industrial robots?
DEPLOY does not publish an official production ranking by country, but the makers on its record cluster in Japan (FANUC, Yaskawa, Kawasaki, NACHI, Mitsubishi Electric, Epson), Europe (KUKA and Comau, with ABB and Stäubli in Switzerland), and a fast-growing field in China (Estun, EFORT, Inovance, Guangzhou CNC). The roster on this page lists each maker with its headquarters, so you can see how the field sorts by region from the record rather than from a single statistic.
Are there American industrial robot companies?
Yes. The traditional industrial arm has historically been dominated by Japanese and European makers, but several United States companies on DEPLOY's record build industrial robots, concentrated in the newer AI-driven picking and sortation category: Ambi Robotics, AMP Robotics, Plus One Robotics, Pickle Robot, Bright Machines, and Machina Labs among them. The roster lists each with its headquarters and its verified maturity so you can see the American field alongside the global one.
How does DEPLOY decide which companies make industrial robots?
A company appears on this roster when it has at least one industrial robot model on DEPLOY's record that has passed human review, where industrial robot means the six-axis arm, SCARA, delta, or gantry form factor that DEPLOY's category taxonomy defines. Each maker's models, deployments, and furthest maturity are read live from the registry and dated, so the list updates as the record does. Companies that only make collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, or other form factors are tracked under those categories instead.

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