Yaskawa MotoMINI

The Yaskawa MotoMINI is one of the smallest six-axis robots you'll find, pairing a 350 mm reach with a 0.5 kg payload for micro assembly and benchtop automation. At about 7 kg, it's light enough to mount directly on a machine or a shared fixture instead of claiming its own floor cell. Yaskawa introduced it in 2017 as a tabletop arm for micro assembly tasks.

It was built for micro assembly, testing, and lab automation at a benchtop scale. That small footprint fits cells where bench space is scarce and a standard-size arm simply won't sit. As a low-cost entry point, it opens up automating micro tasks that wouldn't justify a full-size cell.

Its mounting options span floor, wall, ceiling, tilt, and tabletop, so it slots into the tight work envelope of a crowded benchtop station. Getting full six-axis motion in a frame this small lets it work around tiny parts, not just above them.

The MotoMINI holds repeatability of 0.02 mm, which is what placing millimeter-scale components in electronics-assembly and pick-and-place work demands. That kind of precision is the whole reason to reach for an arm this size.

The 0.5 kg payload keeps it firmly in micro-component territory, so anything heavier belongs on a larger arm. It runs on the compact YRC1000micro controller, and its body carries an IP30 rating.

For small-parts-handling on a bench, the combination of a tiny footprint and fast point-to-point motion is what sets it apart. Its real standout is fitting genuine six-axis articulation and 0.02 mm repeatability into a 350 mm, roughly 7 kg package.