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Yamaha Motor is a robotics company founded 1955, based in Japan, developing 9 robots primarily in the Industrial Arm category.
Industrial SCARA robots for high-speed assembly and handling
Yamaha Motor’s robotics business produces SCARA industrial robots including the YK-XEC clean-series, YK-TW orbit-type series, YK-XG series, and related automation equipment such as the LCM100. The company markets these robots for assembly, transfer, and clean-room applications, with global robotics sales and marketing based in Hamamatsu, Japan.
Active products
9
Maker Score
69
Very strong evidence
View factor breakdown
Price range
$10.5K
1 of 9 priced
Top-rated product
58.4
RoboScore
YK-XGP
Company facts
- HQ
- Hamamatsu, Japan
- Founded
- 1955 · 71 yrs
- Website
- yamaha-motor.co.jp
Maker Score
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Milestones
Launched the YK-XEC clean SCARA robot series for clean-room automation.
Installed its first SCARA robot in one of its factories, marking the start of its SCARA history.
Press coverage
- SCARA robots - Industrial Robots | Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Motor Global
- Orbit type SCARA robots YK-TW - Yamaha Motor Global
Yamaha Motor Global
- Yamaha Motor Launches Clean SCARA Robot YK-XEC Series
Yamaha Motor Europe
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
13.3momentumYamaha Motor Launches New YE4 and YE10 SCARA Robots and RCX440 Controller - Cost-effective SCARA robot series for China and other Asian markets - - News releases | Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Yamaha Motor has been in the news, across 2 outlets — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Yamaha Motor
9 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | YK-XGP | Industrial Arm | Repeatability ±0.01 mm·DOF 4 DOF | — | 58.4 |
| 2 |  | YK-TW | Industrial Arm | Reach 1 m·Payload 5 kg | — | 55.0 |
| 3 |  | LCM100 | AGV | Payload 15 kg·Top speed 3 m/s | — | 54.0 |
| 4 |  | YK-XGS | Industrial Arm | Reach 1.2 m·Payload 50 kg | — | 53.7 |
| 5 |  | YK-XC | Industrial Arm | DOF 4 DOF | $10.5K | 53.6 |
| 6 |  | YK-XEC | Industrial Arm | Reach 710 mm·Payload 10 kg | — | 53.5 |
| 7 |  | LCMR200 | Warehouse AMR | Payload 30 kg·Top speed 2.5 m/s | — | 51.9 |
| 8 |  | YK-XE | Industrial Arm | DOF 4 DOF | — | 50.0 |
| 9 |  | YK-XG | Industrial Arm | DOF 4 DOF | — | 50.0 |
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