It’s become common place to read “industrial robotics will revolutionize manufacturing and replace workers”. With that one looks in vain for American innovation and for robot manufactures. Top 10 Industrial Robot Manufacturers.
1 ABB, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland; installed more than 250,000 robots worldwide; generated $10.1 billion of revenue in 2014
2 Yaskawa, Japanese; produces around 20,000 robots every year and has installed more than 300,000 industrial robots worldwide; roughly $1.13 billion during the fiscal year.
3 Kuka headquartered in Augsburg, Germany; $941.6 million during the 2014 fiscal year.
4 Fanuc, headquartered in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture; 250,000 Fanuc robots installed worldwide; $1.51 billion in the 2014 fiscal year.
5 Kawasaki, Japanese Company; installed more than 120,000 robots worldwide; consolidated net sales $1.13 billion during the 2015 fiscal year
6 Epson Robots, division of Japanese corporation Seiko Epson; 45,000 robots installed worldwide
7 Stäubli, a Swiss mechatronics company; revenue over $1.03 billion annually.
8 Nachi Fujikoshi Corporation, a Japanese corporation has installed more than 100,000 robots worldwide.
9 Comau, an Italian multinational company. More than 32,000 units of Comau robots installed worldwide.
10 Adept Technology Inc, based in California, company’s revenue during the 2015 fiscal year reached roughly $54.2 million. More than 25,000 non-captive robots and more than 30,000 Adept controlled robots.
Source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-11/19/content_22483256_10.htm