Harmonic Drive pitches integrated actuators for robot joints in 2026
The motion specialist focuses on modular strain wave units as parent firm Harmonic Drive Systems projects ¥68.0 billion in annual…
Aiko Tanaka covers industrial robots, precision reducers and motion control, and the factory automation decisions that drive their order books.
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FANUC expands US packaging robotics with AI and delta cells
The Japanese automation maker paired generative AI programming with washdown delta robots ahead of trade demonstrations in…
Yaskawa deploys compact MotoMini arm for cleanroom lines
The 0.5-kilogram payload manipulator addresses semiconductor packaging space constraints as half-year group revenues reach 285.6…
Yaskawa Electric orders hit record high on chip tool demand
The Japanese automation maker lifted full-year revenue guidance to 600 billion yen as motion control orders jumped 38% across…
Hitachi and FANUC partner to deploy physical AI in factories
The Japanese industrial giants will combine HMAX Industry software with autonomous robot arms, scheduling global commercial…
Yaskawa Electric releases CIP Safety card for factory drives
The JOHB-NSC3-MA option card integrates Ethernet-based CIP Safety protocols across four inverter lines to reduce hardwiring in…
Harmonic Drive pitches integrated robot actuators for 2026
The motion specialist targets humanoid and cobot makers with gear-motor units as its parent company projects ¥68.0 billion in…
Kawasaki Heavy unveils quadruped AI robot for shipyards in 2026
The four-legged machine navigates vertical hull plates using abdominal magnets to automate hazardous welding and inspection at…
FANUC America unveils packaging robotics for PACK EXPO 2026
The showcase pairs an IP69K-rated delta robot with SCARA sorting and generative AI code generation, targeting food processing and…
FANUC debuts welding and painting robots for FABTECH 2026
The lineup introduces an 11-kilogram collaborative welding arm alongside multi-robot coordinated systems designed to ease…
Hitachi and FANUC Launch Physical AI Pact to Automate Plants
The partnership integrates Hitachi's HMAX Industry platform and custom edge chips into FANUC robots, targeting commercial…
Panasonic develops humanoid robot batteries at Osaka lab
The Japanese electronics group is directing cylindrical cell research and factory AI toward bipedal machines, while confirming no…
Kawasaki Heavy advances 2030 target for AI humanoid robots
The machinery maker plans to integrate domestic AI platform Noetra into its 30-kilogram payload Kaleido model, accelerating…
Fanuc previews 11-kg welding cobots for shipyards at Fabtech 2026
The CRX-3iA joins a wave of portable arms entering heavy fabrication, following HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' deployment of 35…
Hitachi and Fanuc form physical AI alliance to run factories
The partnership pairs HMAX Industry software with industrial robots across Hitachi plants before commercial deployment to…
Fanuc and Yaskawa Expand US Robot Plants to Meet AI Factory Push
The Japanese automation leaders are committing over $270 million to new Michigan and Wisconsin campuses as North American…
AMT Deploys FANUC CRX-30iA Cobots for $120,000 Palletizing
The 30-kilogram payload cells eliminate safety fences in logistics and food packaging lines while offering operational payback…
METI Pools Factory Machine Data to Train Physical AI Models
Tokyo coordinates with DMG Mori and Komatsu to assign unified IDs across 1,600 tools, targeting 100 terabytes of shop data to…
Japan's AIRoA unveils domestic general-purpose robot roadmap for AI
A 20.5 billion yen state project aims to replace Chinese hardware with domestic dual-arm manipulators and compile one million…
FANUC India links industrial robots to Niral Networks private 5G
The partnership validates an on-premises wireless architecture achieving 5.6-millisecond latency and 700 Mbps throughput across…
FANUC America taps Palladyne AI for factory robot autonomyMembers
The multi-stage initiative embeds real-time motion planning software across industrial articulated arms, addressing variable…
FANUC debuts Physical AI robotics for flexible factory lines
The Japanese automation giant demonstrated autonomous mobile cobots and generative vision models in Chicago to eliminate rigid…
Fanuc and Google launch AI welding robot to read blueprints
The system eliminates manual teaching by turning 2D and 3D schematics into robot motion, with commercial shipments planned for…
FANUC America links factory robots to Palladyne AI platform
The partnership integrates the Palladyne IQ platform into industrial manipulators to give production lines closed-loop autonomy…
FANUC UK restructures sales leadership to target aerospace and defense
The Japanese robotics maker's British unit named a dedicated account manager for aerospace on Sept.
Japan robot makers target logging and biology labs as domestic workforce shrinks
Nippon Signal and Yaskawa Electric are deploying specialized dual-arm automatons to tackle severe labor shortages across railway…
FANUC widens CRX cobot palletizing to 40 kg as food plants automate heavy cases
A high-flow pneumatic upgrade pushes the CRX-30iA into washdown packaging lines, lifting collaborative capacity as the hygienic…
Japanese makers deploy thermal-shielded automated forklifts for cold storage
Toyota Industries and Mitsubishi Logisnext engineer heated sensors and sealed powertrains to eliminate condensation and battery…
Japan Motion Control Makers Accelerate Real-Time Ethernet on Next-Gen Servos
Mitsubishi, Yaskawa, and Omron integrate microsecond-level TSN and multi-protocol architectures to eliminate latency in complex…
Japan Linear Guide Makers Expand Ultra-Clean Units for 2nm Fab Robotics
THK, NSK, and IKO scale maintenance-free motion hardware and zero-outgassing stages as sub-3nm semiconductor fabs require…