Yaskawa Motoman HC10

The Motoman HC10 is Yaskawa's collaborative six-axis, built to work beside people instead of behind a fence. It carries 10 kg out to a 1200 mm reach across six axes, a work envelope sized for machine tending and light material handling. Yaskawa introduced it in 2017 on the YRC1000 controller.

Being collaborative, it's designed for power-and-force-limited operation and works under collaborative operation practices with operators nearby. Its repeatability sits at 0.1 mm, looser than a caged industrial six-axis, so it favors handling and tending over tight-tolerance placement. That's the trade the class asks for: you share floor space with people and give up some positioning precision.

At 47 kg the HC10 is light enough to move between cells without heavy rigging. Yaskawa rates it for floor, wall, ceiling, and tilt mounting, so you can hang it over a fixture or stand it beside a machine as the layout needs. That flexibility suits assembly and tending cells where the arm has to fit around existing equipment.

In the 10 kg cobot class it cross-shops against the FANUC CRX-10iA, Universal Robots UR10e, and Doosan M1013. What the HC10 brings is Yaskawa's industrial track record, which appeals to shops that already run Motoman equipment.

Choose the HC10 when you want a collaborative 10 kg arm from an established industrial builder and your work leans toward handling or tending. It's the wrong pick if you need the tight repeatability of a caged six-axis, since 0.1 mm is loose for close-tolerance work. For a shop easing into cobots without leaving familiar hardware, it lands as a practical fit.