Component makers

ATI Industrial Automation

• Component maker

US manufacturer of robotic accessories such as force/torque sensors, robotic tool changers, utility couplers, collision sensors, compliance devices and material removal tools.

Apex, United States

Bota Systems

• Component maker

ETH Zürich spin-off that builds multi-axis force-torque sensors for industrial, collaborative, mobile and legged robots.

Zürich, Switzerland

CubeMars

• Component maker

Chinese brand of robotic power components, mainly compact planetary actuator modules and frameless motors, designed and manufactured in-house.

Nanchang, China

Elmo Motion Control

• Component maker

Makes servo drives, multi-axis motion controllers, servo motors and integrated drive-motor units, with versions for industrial and harsh environments.

Petach-Tikva, Israel

FAULHABER

• Component maker

Family-run German group producing miniature and micro drive systems: DC, brushless and linear motors, precision gearheads, encoders, linear actuators and motion controllers.

Schönaich, Germany

Harmonic Drive Systems

• Component maker

Japanese maker of strain wave (HarmonicDrive) precision reducers, gear heads for servo motors, rotary and linear actuators, motors and servo drivers.

Tokyo, Japan

Hesai

• Component maker

Lidar manufacturer that designs its own ASICs and runs in-house factories, supplying sensors for autonomous vehicles, robots and spatial sensing applications.

Inspire Robots

• Component maker

Chinese maker of compact robot components, mainly dexterous robot hands and micro linear servo actuators, plus electric grippers.

Beijing, China

Leaderdrive

• Component maker

Chinese manufacturer of strain wave reducers for robots, which also produces rotary actuators, frameless direct-drive torque motors and rotary tables.

Suzhou, China

Livox

• Component maker

Develops compact lidar sensors such as the Mid-360, Mid-70, Avia and Tele-15 for robotics, mapping and autonomous machines, and publishes an open-source SDK.

maxon

• Component maker

Swiss drive specialist producing ironless-rotor and brushless DC motors, planetary and spur gearheads, and motor controllers, also combined into complete mechatronic drive systems.

Sachseln, Switzerland

Mech-Mind Robotics

• Component maker

Supplies industrial 3D cameras, 3D laser profilers and 2D AI cameras plus vision and robot software used for robot picking and handling.

Nabtesco

• Component maker

Industrial equipment group whose precision reduction gears are used in the joints of industrial robots; it also makes equipment for railways, aircraft, ships and other sectors.

Tokyo, Japan

OnRobot

• Component maker

Danish maker of end-of-arm tooling for industrial and collaborative robots, including grippers, sensors, tool changers, sanders and screwdrivers; formed in 2018 from the merger of On Robot, OptoForce and Perception Robotics.

Odense, Denmark

Orbbec

• Component maker

Chinese company that develops 3D vision sensors, built on its own chips, for robotics, 3D scanning, biometrics and AI applications.

Shenzhen, China

Ouster

• Component maker

Develops digital lidar sensors for short, mid and long range, together with perception software, for robotics, industrial automation, smart infrastructure and automotive uses; its catalogue also lists ZED stereo cameras.

Photoneo

• Component maker

Slovak developer of industrial 3D scanners and 3D cameras (PhoXi, MotionCam-3D) and robot vision software for bin picking and depalletization; its site states it is now part of Zebra Technologies.

Bratislava, Slovakia

RealSense

• Component maker

Makes stereo depth cameras, depth modules and facial-authentication devices, formerly Intel RealSense, for mobile robots, industrial automation and access control.

Cupertino, United States

RoboSense

• Component maker

Lidar company that develops sensors, its own chips and perception software for vehicles and robots.

Shenzhen, China

Robotiq

• Component maker

Makes end-of-arm components for robots, including adaptive and vacuum grippers, force torque sensors, tactile sensors and a wrist camera, and also sells palletizing, machine-tending and screwdriving workcells.

Lévis, Canada

ROBOTIS

• Component maker

South Korean robotics company best known for its DYNAMIXEL line of smart servo actuators; it also offers a robot hand, manipulators and service robots.

Seoul, South Korea

SCHUNK

• Component maker

German manufacturer of gripping and automation technology for robots, as well as toolholding and workholding equipment for machine tools.

Lauffen am Neckar, Germany

Shadow Robot

• Component maker

London company that develops dexterous robotic hands, teleoperation systems and sensors for research, industrial and remote-handling applications.

London, United Kingdom

SPINEA

• Component maker

Slovak manufacturer of TwinSpin high-precision reduction gears, originally developed for industrial robots, and DriveSpin actuators built around them.

Haniska, Slovakia