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YK180XG
Yamaha Robotics
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YK180XG
Yamaha RoboticsThe YK180XG is a compact 4-axis SCARA robot manufactured by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Hamamatsu, Japan) as part of the YK-XG 'extra small' series. It features a 180mm total arm reach (105mm + 75mm links), 1.0kg maximum payload, 50mm Z-axis stroke, ±0.01mm repeatability, and a 0.33-second standard cycle time, controlled by the RCX340 controller. It is designed for high-speed precision assembly tasks such as pick-and-place, insertion, and light-duty automation in standard or cleanroom environments. Several extracted facts relate to unrelated research papers (XGrasp, cross-embodiment learning, CGS-based IK) and other Yamaha robot models that do not pertain to the YK180XG specifically; these have been excluded from the reconciled picture.
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Specification
- arm_reach_total
- 180mm (105mm first link + 75mm second link)
- maximum_payload
- 1.0 kg
- maximum_speed
- X-axis: 3.3 m/sec; Z-axis: 0.9 m/sec; R-axis: 1700°/sec
- robot_weight
- 4.1 kg (excluding robot cable)
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Evidence-graded claims from the Yamaha Robotics deep report
Yamaha's industrial robots (SCARA, Cartesian, cobot, surface mounters) operate fully autonomously once programmed — humans only perform setup, commissioning, and maintenance, not the tasks themselves.
An independent industrial maintenance community on Reddit [13] confirms these robots operate in production environments with human involvement limited to commissioning and maintenance, corroborating the vendor's autonomy description — though the sample is anecdotal and not a formal audit.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →Yamaha Motor acquired Robotics Plus to build autonomous AI-powered equipment for the specialty crop agriculture market.
Robotics Tomorrow [10], an independent trade publication, reported the acquisition with a direct quote from the announcement, confirming the deal and its agricultural autonomy focus — though actual deployed product performance in the field remains unverified.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →
Yamaha's 7-axis cobot autonomously adapts its posture to avoid interference in confined spaces, enabled by torque sensors in all 7 axes — without human intervention during task execution.
Only Yamaha's own official product page [2] describes the 7-axis structure and torque sensors; no independent test, customer report, or third-party benchmark in the dossier verifies the autonomous posture-adaptation claim in real-world deployment.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →The cobot achieves ±0.04 mm repeatability (ISO 9283) with a 10 kg payload at 1,300 mm reach and 3,000 mm/s TCP speed.
All four specifications are sourced exclusively from Yamaha's own official product page [2]; no independent lab test, standards-body certification result, or third-party validation appears in the dossier.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →Yamaha established the TY ROBOTICS joint venture with TOYO in August 2025 to transfer single-axis and Cartesian robot production and expand the model lineup.
The sole source is Yamaha Motor's own official news release [11]; no independent reporting, regulatory filing, or third-party confirmation of the joint venture's operational status or production transfer progress appears in the dossier.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →Yamaha's SCARA robots offer up to 1,200 mm arm reach and 50 kg payload, while Cartesian/single-axis robots achieve ±5 µm repeatability with strokes up to 4,050 mm.
These specs come from a 2017 distributor catalog PDF [4] (YRG Inc.), which is not an independent test and is nearly a decade old; current model specifications may differ and no third-party benchmark validates these figures.
from Yamaha Robotics deep report →Yamaha's cobot is commercially deployed across multiple real-world process applications — screw tightening, sealing, visual inspection, polishing, and connector insertion — with named partner companies for each process.
Partner companies (SANYO MACHINE WORKS, ThreeBond, Phoxter, FUJI CORPORATION) are listed only on Yamaha's own product page [2]; no independent customer case study, production volume data, or third-party deployment report in the dossier confirms actual at-scale commercial deployment.
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