CompanyJapan
Yaskawa Electric
Japanese maker of servo motors, drives and MOTOMAN industrial robots, which built the SmartPal service robots and made humanoid maker Tokyo Robotics a wholly owned subsidiary from 1 July 2025 (as reported by MONOist). It works with SoftBank on physical AI.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2011One year so far
- Headquarters
- KitakyushuJapan
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2011-12-02Kinect-driven SmartPal VII tidies up at iREX
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2011. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for Yaskawa Electric's robots by the maker or reputable press.
Parts suppliers
What is new
The latest stories about Yaskawa Electric's robots, newest first.
- Kinect-driven SmartPal VII tidies up at iREX Gizmodo Japan · SmartPal VII
- Yaskawa humanoid controlled through Kinect TechCrunch · SmartPal VII
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Kitakyushu, Japan
- Focus
- Industrial robots, motion control, service robots, physical AI
- Partners
- SoftBank Corp.; Tokyo Robotics (subsidiary)
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in Japan.
- Toyota Research InstituteJapan · 11 models
- Waseda University / JST Moonshot programJapan · 10 models
- JSK Laboratory, University of TokyoJapan · 9 models
- Osaka UniversityJapan · 9 models
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Japan · 7 models
- Kawada Industries (robot business now Kawada Robotics Corporation)Japan · 6 models
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