The () is a
Japanese manufacturer of
servos,
machine controllers,
AC drives,
switches and robots.
Their
Motoman robots are heavy duty industrial robots used for example in car manufacturing.
The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in
Kitakyushu,
Fukuoka Prefecture.
Yaskawa applied for a trademark on the term "
Mechatronics" in 1969, it was approved in 1972.
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Subsidiaries
★ Americas: Yaskawa Electric America and Motoman Inc.
★ Europe, Africa, Middle-East: Yasukawa Electric Europe GmbH and Motoman Robotics Europe AB
See also
★
Kyushu Institute of Technology
External links
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Yaskawa Electric Corporation
★
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.
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Motoman Inc.
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Motoman Robot Videos
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Yaskawa Brazil
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Early Company History