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FANUC vs KUKA Robotics

A maker's RoboScore compares brands across six factors. Buyers pick a brand before they pick a model — this grades the maker, not a single robot.

FANUC
Proven scaler
75
Exceptional evidence
VS
KUKA Robotics
Proven scaler
73
Very strong evidence
PRODUCTS6871DEPTH100100ACTIVITY9493ATTENTION100100READINESS5031EVIDENCE8673
68
Products
71▲
100
DepthTIED
100
▲94
Activity
93
100
AttentionTIED
100
▲50
Readiness
31
▲86
Evidence
73
FANUCKUKA Robotics▲ leads this factor

A maker's RoboScore is rated on Products 65% · Depth 5% · Evidence 30% — present for every company. Attention feeds Evidence; the rest are shown but move nothing. A hollow grey vertex means no data, not a low score. Claiming or paying moves nothing.

What the shapes say

FANUC leads 3 of the six factors. The widest gap is Readiness — FANUC by 19 points.

ProductsKUKA Robotics +3

How good the robots this brand ships actually are, on the same RoboScore used for every robot.

DepthLevel

How many distinct robots this brand ships. Worth at most five points — a deep catalogue is a fact about a brand, not a verdict on it.

ActivityFANUC +1

Whether the brand has shipped or announced something real recently, or has gone quiet. Built from product milestones and launch dates — not from news coverage, which is the separate Momentum score on the rankings.

Shown on the hexagon, but does not move the rating.

AttentionLevel

How much independent editorial press is covering this brand right now. Attention, not quality — it is one half of Evidence rather than a slice of its own, and a brand we hold no coverage for loses nothing.

No weight of its own — it feeds Evidence, and can only add to it.

ReadinessFANUC +19

Whether the practical integration facts — certifications, software, warranty, lead time — are published.

Shown on the hexagon, but does not move the rating.

EvidenceFANUC +13

Independent proof this brand is real: customer deployments we have verified, and recent editorial coverage. Every company starts from the same baseline and earns the points above it — nothing a maker claims, declares or pays for counts here.

Side by side

Public catalog data. Nothing here is self-reported by the maker.

75
Rating
73
Proven scaler
Archetype
Proven scaler
32
Active products
113
2
Categories
2
US$36K – US$58K
Price range
2 / 19 priced
US$15K – US$52K
0
In R&D
not yet commercial
0
Japan
HQ
Germany
1972
Founded
1898

Where they overlap

Only FANUC
None
Only KUKA Robotics
None