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Industrial robotics, Fanuc (Japan)
Oshino, Japan35.46°N 138.79°E
computed criticality17/100
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Japan supplies ~45% of global industrial robot production (world #1, IFR); Fanuc and Yaskawa among the top makers
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The robot arms that assemble cars and electronics come mainly from a few Japanese and European groups. Fanuc also supplies the numerical controls of most machine tools, a double lock.
Actors
Fanuc
Yaskawa
Kawasaki
Mitsubishi Electric
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