◢ Critical Minerals Supply Chain · Motoman NEXT · FY2025

From Mine to Motoman — the critical path

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China's dominance across the critical-mineral value chain · % global share Mining Refining Components / magnets

Every Motoman NEXT robot contains dozens of NdFeB rare-earth permanent magnets in its servo motors — the core technology Yaskawa has refined in-house since 1977. Those magnets, its Jetson Orin AI chip, and its high-precision reducers connect the robot to a mineral supply chain that runs overwhelmingly through China.

The typical path to a Motoman joint

Bayan Obo pit, Inner Mongolia →
Baotou refining (China Northern REE) →
Chinese magnet maker →
Tier-1 supplier (Nabtesco etc.) →
Yaskawa Kitakyushu →Motoman NEXT

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