DENSO COBOTTA PRO 900

What it's for

The COBOTTA PRO 900 from Japan's DENSO Robotics is a collaborative robot (cobot) for industrial tasks: 6 degrees of freedom, a 6 kg payload, a mass of 29 kg and a repeatability of ±0.03 mm.

That last figure matters. A repeatability of ±0.03 mm means the robot returns to a set position with an accuracy of about three hundredths of a millimeter, which is enough for assembling small components, inserting connectors, machine tending and quality inspection. This is not a small bench-top machine: the PRO 900 is the industrial extension of the compact DENSO COBOTTA (0.5 kg payload), intended for full work on the shop floor.

Production and assembly: CNC machine tending, loading and unloading, dispensing and screwdriving. Quality control: presenting parts to a camera or sensor. Laboratories and test lines: repeatable manipulation in an environment where a human tires. Automotive applications have a solid basis here, since DENSO has extensive experience in that sector.

Limitations: a 6 kg payload rules out heavy workpieces and large grippers. We do not have a full, official list of technical parameters, so arm reach and ingress protection class must be checked in the manufacturer's datasheet. A cobot works next to a person only after a risk assessment under the relevant standards, which we cover in “Robot Safety Standards”.

How cobots work in practice: “What Is a Cobot and How Does It Differ from an Industrial Robot”; applications: “Factories and manufacturing” and laboratories.

Who it's for

Worth considering for: manufacturing plants automating assembly, loading and quality inspection that want a cobot with high repeatability. Purchasing departments ready to contact DENSO directly and agree on a configuration. Automotive and electronics companies that already use the Japanese group as a supplier.

Probably not for: those who want to compare offers using public data. The manufacturer does not provide transparent, complete parameters and pricing, so any comparison table will be incomplete. We also do not recommend it where a payload above 6 kg is needed: the UR10e (12.5 kg) and the Yaskawa Motoman HC10 (10 kg) are better there. Be careful too if you are looking for local service: availability of the model in Poland has not been confirmed.

If you have no cobot experience yet, start by reading “How to Buy a Cobot Step by Step”.

Deployments

The manufacturer points to industrial production automation as its applications, and DENSO's heritage in automotive automation supports that direction.

In Poland there are no confirmed deployments and no confirmed availability. In this category, many Universal Robots and Fanuc deployments operate in the country, covered in “Universal Robots UR5e, UR10e and UR20 Compared” and “Doosan Robotics: Cobots from the Korean Maker in Poland”. If you want to learn more about DENSO, contact the manufacturer directly and ask for European references.

Several models are worth comparing in the mid-payload cobot class.

UR10e from Universal Robots: 12.5 kg payload, 33.5 kg weight, a listed price of about PLN 159,645 (≈ EUR 36,580). A large ecosystem of software and accessories.

FANUC CRX-10iA: 10 kg payload, from the CRX series described in “FANUC CRX: The Cobot Series with 8 Years of Zero Maintenance”; the choice for plants that already run Fanuc.

ABB GoFa CRB 15000: 5 kg payload, 28 kg mass, 2.2 m/s speed and a listed price of about PLN 147,724 (≈ EUR 33,850); very close to the PRO 900 in its parameters.

Yaskawa Motoman HC10: 10 kg payload, 47 kg mass; heavier and stronger, but bigger and less versatile. When choosing a cobot, compare payload, reach, repeatability and the availability of an integrator in Poland; we describe the selection rules in “How to Buy a Cobot Step by Step”.

DENSO Robotics is the robotics division of the Japanese group known for the automotive industry. The COBOTTA line begins with the compact DENSO COBOTTA for light bench-top tasks, and the COBOTTA PRO 900 is its industrial version, intended for full work on the shop floor.

There is no confirmed launch date for the PRO 900 and no details of its generation, so we give no year. What we can describe is the logic of the family: a small bench cobot built trust, and the larger PRO 900 carries the brand onto the production floor, into competition with Universal Robots and Fanuc. The 29 kg mass and ±0.03 mm repeatability are confirmed.