Yaskawa Motoman history

Motoman began in 1976 in Europe as a manufacturer and supplier of welding machinery for the automotive industry.

1980 Yasnac Control System RG: The Motoman RC Control system was introduced in 1980 and gave the ability to control up to six axes.

1982 Motoman L10W: The Motoman L10W was introduced in 1982 with a work area that was increased by 80%. It also featured a robot wrist that was more narrow and capable of a maximum workload of 10kg.

1983 Yasnac Control System RX: The RX controller introduced the ability to control up to eight axes, the robot's six, plus two external.

1985 Motoman L-Series: The release of a whole series of robots meant that several models could be operated with the same type of control system.

1989 Motoman Inc.: Motoman Inc. is officially formed as a joint venture between Hobart Brothers and Yaskawa Electric.

1995 Troy, Ohio: Motoman opens a new production facility to build 120kg and 150kg robot arms that are ANSI/RIA compliant.

1999 Motoman World Solutions: Motoman celebrated "10 Years, 10,000 Robots!" by expanding the pre-engineered World solutions with the PressWorld and the DieCastWorld.

2001 Motoman EA and ES Series: Integral process cables made the EA (Expert Arc) and ES (Expert Spot) robots in demand for those applications.

In fiscal 2002, after a quarter-century since then, Yaskawa achieved its long-cherished dream of becoming the “world’s No.1” in reality and in name in terms of sales volume, and the production at MOTOMAN Center is now exceeding 1,000 units/month

2004 Motoman NX100 Control System: The NX100 introduced the ability to control up to 36 axes a color touch screen teach pendant with the Windows CE operating.

2008 New Motoman Painting Robots: The Expert Paint EPX line of robots is launched.