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Harmonic Drive Systems news archive

MEKAWIRE has published 12 stories about Harmonic Drive Systems since Sep 25, 2025; the latest is from Oct 1, 2026.

Data as of Oct 13, 2026. Included: company announcements, regulator filings and reported rounds; estimates and sample rows are excluded, and undisclosed amounts are never estimated.

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First story

Sep 25, 2025

Latest story

Oct 1, 2026

Stories about Harmonic Drive Systems

Inside Unitree Robotics, where humanoids now outsell robot dogs but nearly three-quarters go to labs and classrooms
Date
Oct 1, 2026
Type
Analysis
Who supplies humanoid robot joints? Japan's Harmonic Drive and Nabtesco, China's Leaderdrive and Germany's Schaeffler lead, while Tesla and Figure build their own
Date
Oct 1, 2026
Type
Analysis
US Army names IHMC's Alex humanoid and four component makers as xTechHumanoid winners
Date
Sep 30, 2026
Type
Policy
Watney raises $80 million Series A to put dexterous robots on hyperscale data-centre floors
Date
Sep 17, 2026
Type
Funding
Harmonic Drive Systems' orders jump 55.7% to ¥24.1 billion as robot, surgical and chip demand returns, and it lifts its profit forecast by 37%
Date
Aug 7, 2026
Type
Business
Tesla clears Fremont's Model S and X lines for Optimus and sends its first robots to an in-house academy as quarterly capex jumps to $5.8 billion
Date
Jul 22, 2026
Type
Business
Intuitive places 468 da Vinci robots as upgrades to da Vinci 5 accelerate, and raises its margin outlook for a second time
Date
Jul 16, 2026
Type
Business
Nabtesco's robot gear orders rise for a fourth straight quarter, doubling component profit as China and Korea EV projects return
Date
Feb 12, 2026
Type
Business
Japan's robot exports jump 36% in 2025 as home demand shrinks, JARA data show
Date
Jan 23, 2026
Type
Market
Hyundai Mobis wins first robotics customer as Atlas actuator supplier to Boston Dynamics
Date
Jan 7, 2026
Type
Partnership
LG enters the robot joint business with its AXIUM actuator brand as the CLOiD home robot makes its CES debut
Date
Jan 4, 2026
Type
Product
IFR counts 542,000 factory robots installed in 2024 as Japan, Korea and Germany slip and China takes 54%
Date
Sep 25, 2025
Type
Market

Headline	Date	Type
Inside Unitree Robotics, where humanoids now outsell robot dogs but nearly three-quarters go to labs and classrooms	Oct 1, 2026	Analysis
Who supplies humanoid robot joints? Japan's Harmonic Drive and Nabtesco, China's Leaderdrive and Germany's Schaeffler lead, while Tesla and Figure build their own	Oct 1, 2026	Analysis
US Army names IHMC's Alex humanoid and four component makers as xTechHumanoid winners	Sep 30, 2026	Policy
Watney raises $80 million Series A to put dexterous robots on hyperscale data-centre floors	Sep 17, 2026	Funding
Harmonic Drive Systems' orders jump 55.7% to ¥24.1 billion as robot, surgical and chip demand returns, and it lifts its profit forecast by 37%	Aug 7, 2026	Business
Tesla clears Fremont's Model S and X lines for Optimus and sends its first robots to an in-house academy as quarterly capex jumps to $5.8 billion	Jul 22, 2026	Business
Intuitive places 468 da Vinci robots as upgrades to da Vinci 5 accelerate, and raises its margin outlook for a second time	Jul 16, 2026	Business
Nabtesco's robot gear orders rise for a fourth straight quarter, doubling component profit as China and Korea EV projects return	Feb 12, 2026	Business
Japan's robot exports jump 36% in 2025 as home demand shrinks, JARA data show	Jan 23, 2026	Market
Hyundai Mobis wins first robotics customer as Atlas actuator supplier to Boston Dynamics	Jan 7, 2026	Partnership
LG enters the robot joint business with its AXIUM actuator brand as the CLOiD home robot makes its CES debut	Jan 4, 2026	Product
IFR counts 542,000 factory robots installed in 2024 as Japan, Korea and Germany slip and China takes 54%	Sep 25, 2025	Market

Data as of Oct 13, 2026

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