Industrial Robots

More than 2.7 million * industrial robots are in operation around the world * as indispensable equipment for the production of automobiles, home appliances, PCs, smartphones, and other products in factories and other places that are rarely seen in everyday life. Yaskawa announced the Japan’s first all-electric industrial robot under the brand name MOTOMAN in 1977, and since then we have shipped nearly 500,000 units all over the world.

*International Federation of Robotics (IFR) published values in 2020

Yaskawa develops and optimizes servomotors which are the main components of industrial robots MOTOMAN by ourselves. Aside from control software technology that maximizes this capability, we are developing industrial robots by integrating application technology that realizes optimum structures and functions for applications such as welding and painting.

In response to current trends such as IoT, Industrie 4.0, and artificial intelligence (AI), Yaskawa is promoting i³-Mechatronics as a solution concept for realizing a new industrial automation revolution. Yaskawa’s industrial robots are the core products to realize this concept. By collecting, accumulating, and analyzing the state of the servomotors that make up the body and the results of operations, they contribute to improving productivity and quality through the stable operation of facilities and lines at customers’ production sites.

Besides automobiles, Yaskawa’s industrial robots are now used in a wide range of industries, including electric and electronic equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, biomedical, food, medical products, logistics and so on. Let us introduce what kind of robots are active in each industry.

Industrial Robots that are Active in a Variety of Fields

Logistics

In the online shopping market where demand is rapidly increasing, handling robots are playing an active role in sorting warehouses and transporting cardboard.

Automobile and Automobile parts

This market is the largest application field for industrial robots, and we are developing new products and applications that meet the latest technological trends such as environmental friendliness and electronicization.

Electrical and electronic equipment

High-speed, high-performance industrial robots are being used in processes such as mounting on boards at the manufacturing sites of home appliances, where demand is expected to increase.

FPD and semiconductor manufacturing equipment

In the process of transporting glass substrates used in personal computers, smartphones and flat-screen TVs etc, industrial robots that perform precise motions are indispensable.

Biomedical

We are developing robots for biomedical industry that enable high-precision motion under hygiene control for research laboratories or pharmaceutical sites.

Food

Industrial robots are used in various processes, such as filling materials or closing lids of lunch box at food factories in the food market such as convenience stores and supermarkets.

Application in which Industrial Robots Works

Semiconductor wafer conveyance

This is an application to transport semiconductor silicon wafers embedded in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Arc welding

A welding method widely used to join metals together by melting them with a wire by heat

Spot welding

This is a method of welding two pieces of metal that you want to join together at a point by pinching them with the strong force of a spot gun and passing a large current.