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Yaskawa America, Inc.

At Yaskawa, we help you explore what’s possible and open new doors to opportunity. Rather than accepting the status quo, we invite you to ask, “What if?” And then we make it possible. That dedication to engineering & innovation is what makes us different.
2121 Norman Drive South
Waukegan, IL 60085-6751
United States
847-887-7000
800-927-5292
847-887-7310
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Product Summary

Variable frequency drives, servo systems, machine controllers, robotics

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At Yaskawa, we help you explore what’s possible, and open new doors to opportunity. Rather than accepting the status quo, we invite you to wonder, “What if?” And then we make it possible. That dedication to innovation is what makes us different.

Experience is often the difference between solving a problem the right way and settling for “good enough”. Our global expertise is unmatched and unquestioned, with 100+ Years of manufacturing excellence, 30 countries with sales, service, and manufacturing locations, and $4.5 billion in global sales per year.

We provide both standard products and tailor-made solutions, all backed by proven quality and reliability. We continuously work to save you money, time, and energy, because we believe your machine can always run faster, smoother and more productively. It’s about making the correct diagnoses, creating the right automation machinery, and implementing it in the best way possible.

Yaskawa AC Servo Systems come to a precise position with a speed and consistency that is unmatched in the industry. Connect our rotary, linear, and direct drive servo motors to an advanced Yaskawa machine controller to achieve SINGULAR CONTROL, the ability to manage robots, servos and drives with a single controller and familiar IEC 61131-3 programming.

Yaskawa low and medium voltage AC Variable Frequency Drives cover every automation application need in the industrial plant, with power ranges from fractional HP to 16,000 HP and a legendary reputation for reliability and advanced technology.  Our latest variable frequency drives provide simple motor setup with highly flexible network communications, embedded functional safety, no-power programming, and easy-to-use tools featuring mobile device connectivity with our DriveWizard® mobile app.

Over 540,000 Yaskawa Robots are at work worldwide, with 150+ models to choose from and the strength of decades of application expertise.

Products

Yaskawa Variable Speed Drives
The GA800 variable speed drives handle applications ranging from simple fans and pumps to high-performance test dynamometers requiring precise regulation. They feature highly ...
Feb. 20, 2025
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Intuitive software tool for advanced manufacturing.
July 8, 2020
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GA500 poised to take on today’s challenges of sustainability, flexibility, and ease of use.
Feb. 26, 2020
Yaskawa’s GA800 provides power, ease of use, flexibility, and performance.
Yaskawa’s GA800 provides power, ease of use, flexibility, and performance.
March 20, 2019
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New from Yaskawa America, Inc. is the Sigma-7 line of rotary, linear and direct drive servos and amplifiers.
June 23, 2016
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Yaskawa offers a variety of integration tools to help make commissioning a drive into a communication network easier.
May 30, 2015
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In honor of the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day this week, Yaskawa is pleased to introduce its greenest drive ever, the all new U1000 Industrial Matrix Drive!
April 24, 2015
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The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. announces the release of three new motion control products.
March 31, 2015
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The iQpump Micro intelligent pump drive handles variable-torque pump loads through 25 hp.
Dec. 18, 2014
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Yaskawa Motoman is pleased to announce the release of PalletSolver, a revolutionary robotic palletizing software suite for Motoman robots.
Oct. 7, 2014

Videos

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The intuitive program enables the robot to connect the dots without programming. Plus, a sneak peek at the HC20 20kg cobot.
Sept. 26, 2019
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Yaskawa Motoman’s Smart Pendant eliminates conventional coordinate (X,Y,Z) frames, using human coordinate references for robot programming.
Oct. 17, 2018
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An overview of Yaskawa's Unified Robot and Machine Control solution for packaging automation.
March 1, 2015
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The Motoman Robotics Div. of Yaskawa Americas featured a dual-head robotic picking system that handles up to 185 picks/min.
Feb. 4, 2013

Blogs

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Automation
Applications of artificial intelligence in manufacturing are not coming to market in the distant future, they are already here—as can be seen in the collaboration between Universal...
Dec. 20, 2017
Automation vs. Jobs: Not a Zero-Sum Equation
The advance of automation is eliminating some jobs. It’s also creating others. The disconnect between these two realities is not that good jobs in industry no longer exist, but...
Jan. 10, 2017
Observations from The Automation Conference & Expo
From the value of ERP-to-controller connections to remote access and control, cybersecurity and collaborative robotics, discussions at the 2016 Automation Conference & Expo hit...
June 1, 2016
The Co-bots are Calling
Suppliers say collaborative robots represent the disruptive automation that manufactures need to succeed in the future, but safety concerns still loom in the distance.
May 24, 2016
Industry Adapts to Collaborative Robots
In this exclusive interview with Yaskawa’s Chetan Kapoor, he explains how industry’s evolving mindset toward production, metrics and business models are paving the way for greater...
March 24, 2016
See? Cute. Friendly. Dancing. He comes in peace.
With so much fuss lately about killer robots, it might be time to just shut up and dance.
July 17, 2015
Source: Morgan Stanley
A new Morgan Stanley China financial paper points to factory automation as being the main driver for the robotics market. Demand for robotics in China is relatively small, currently...
Dec. 21, 2012

News

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iCube Control is the automation technology that puts engineers, application developers, machine builders and designers in total control over their systems.
Oct. 20, 2022
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FP605: A New AC Industrial Fan & Pump Drive Solution For All Environments
June 21, 2022
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Yaskawa America Inc. recently released Yaskawa Compass, a graphical user interface tool for advanced manufacturing. The software package can benefit multiple applications in 3D...
July 2, 2020
“Every day that companies delay implementing automation and big data solutions is a missed opportunity
A new survey from PMMI shows that Big Data analytics and collaborative robots are seen as potential game changers for consumer packaged goods companies.
Oct. 25, 2018
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Yaskawa America Inc. (YAI) is pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Knapek, President and COO of the Drives & Motion Division, to the position of CEO.
April 15, 2016
Industrial Robot News Heats Up
A slew of recent announcements from ABB, Mitsubishi Electric and Yaskawa highlight the rapid advance of industrial robot technology to address specific industrial automation issues...
April 12, 2016
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Yaskawa Electric Corporation and Solectria Renewables, LLC announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement whereby Yaskawa Electric will acquire Solectria Renewables...
July 21, 2014
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Enhanced functionality will deliver a better user experience
July 1, 2014
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Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division is pleased to announce the opening of a new facility in Queretaro, Mexico.
June 13, 2014
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Yaskawa Motoman is pleased to announce it has established the IMPACT Corporate Giving Program.
Feb. 11, 2014

Articles

OnRobot’s Eyes vision system.
Incorporating vision into existing production operations is cheaper and easier than ever before, but how do you go about selecting the right camera for your robot application?...
Aug. 18, 2020
Close, safe interactions with humans are the goal of ABB’s recently introduced YuMi robot.
Collaborative robots gain interest as developers work to foster close interaction between man and machine.
April 15, 2015
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This Florida grower and shipper looked high and low for an automated method of marking palletized cases of produce. Finally, it built its own.
Nov. 8, 2012
Whether tablets will advance beyond data collection to take over control of equipment remains uncertain. Photo Source: Phoenix Contact
Industrial IT teams are likely to rail against the use of mobile devices, but many equipment makers feel they are fighting against the tide to ignore them. Productivity will ultimately...
Nov. 6, 2012

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The MPP3H is Yaskawa Motoman’s new delta-style robot for packaging, cartoning and kitting applications.
Oct. 7, 2014
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The MH12 works well in assembly, dispensing, material handling, machine tending and packaging applications.
Jan. 13, 2014
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Developed by Robotiq with Yaskawa Motoman, Kinetiq Teaching is a new technology to quickly and easily task welding robots without requiring in-depth programming knowledge.
Nov. 14, 2013
Yaskawa's Meyer explains how PackML's modular, reusable code simplifies automation efforts
That's the question Doug Meyer posed at Pack Expo 2013, just before he revealed the answers to attendees of his presentation on the topic...
Nov. 8, 2013
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The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America announces the release of the MV1000 medium voltage AC drive family.
Oct. 2, 2013
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A Motoman robot communicates welding information over an Ethernet network using Lincoln's ArcLink XT protocol. The updated interface addresses international compatibility by adding...
Sept. 11, 2013
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The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. announced today that it has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corp. in recognition of...
July 23, 2013
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Maker of Motoman robots acquires developer of MLX100 Robot Gateway and other intelligent robotics software and hardware products.
June 25, 2013
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Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division is pleased to announce that Hiroyuki Nagatsu has joined the Yaskawa Motoman team as Senior Vice President, Global Sales Team.
May 8, 2013
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A new Quick Ship Program expedites delivery of Yaskawa Motoman’s most popular pre-configured ArcWorld and FabWorld robotic solutions. Five configurations are available with a ...
Feb. 25, 2013
The Automate and ProMat 2013 shows offered displays of some of the most advanced robotics, vision and other manufacturing technologies on the market. Here’s a video compilation...
Feb. 21, 2013
Research and development institution, SwRI, develops an open interface for robotics with help from a consortium of public and private entities including Yaskawa. Some argue the...
Jan. 29, 2013
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Yaskawa Motoman has released a new interface supporting NI LabVIEW programming of Motoman industrial robots. Developed in collaboration with National Instruments and ImagingLab...
Dec. 17, 2012
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Yaskawa Motoman participated in CareerTech VISION 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia (November 29 – December 1, 2012).
Dec. 14, 2012
Acquisition of this Canadian partner designed to strengthens Yaskawa’s position in the oil & gas industry.
Sept. 21, 2012
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The MC2000 "Master Cut" robot is designed with high rigidity and precision drives to provide superior path accuracy for laser cutting small holes and sharp corners.
Sept. 18, 2012
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The P1000 drive provides simple, reliable, cost-effective control for variable-torque loads through 500 hp.
Sept. 1, 2012
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New 100,000 sq ft facility combines Drives & Motion and Motoman Robotics divisions.
July 19, 2012
With China now accounting for 15.6 percent of the world’s manufactured goods, it has surpassed Japan as the second largest producer after the United States.
April 11, 2012
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The software makes simple kinematic mechanisms easier to implement with standard general-purpose motion controllers.
March 21, 2012
The Z1000 family of drives, comprised of a variable speed drive and a Bypass Package, is designed specifically for commercial HVAC applications.
Feb. 2, 2012