Yaskawa

Yaskawa is a global leader in industrial robotics and factory automation, with an expanding focus on life sciences. Its subsidiary Robotic Biology Institute developed Maholo, a dual-arm robot used to automate complex laboratory workflows including specimen processing, iPS cell culture, PCR testing, and now advanced cell therapy manufacturing. In partnership with Astellas Pharma, Yaskawa is establishing a joint venture to commercialize an automated GMP-compliant platform for scalable production of investigational and commercial cell therapies. The company’s solutions are widely adopted in clinical labs worldwide to improve throughput, reproducibility, safety, and data integrity[1][2][3][5][6].