Sankyo Seiki · Industrial · 1981
Sankyo Seiki's 'Skilam' was among the first commercial SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) robots, brought to market in 1981. The SCARA concept was devised by Professor Hiroshi Makino at Yamanashi University (first prototype 1978) and developed through a consortium of 13 Japanese companies; in 1981 members including Sankyo Seiki, Pentel and NEC launched the first commercial models. The four-axis architecture — two parallel revolute joints for horizontal (X-Y) compliance, a rigid prismatic Z axis, and a rotating wrist — is deliberately compliant in-plane yet stiff vertically, making it ideal for the high-speed 'peg-in-hole' insertion and pick-and-place work of electronics assembly, a perfect fit for Japan's 1980s consumer-electronics boom.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Industrial |
| Sub-type | First Commercial SCARA Robot |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Year | 1981 |
| Origin | Japan |
| Degrees of freedom | 4 |
| Actuator type | Electric servo |
| Use cases | Electronics assembly, High-speed pick-and-place, Peg-in-hole insertion |
| Made in | Japan |