ABB IRB 14000 YuMi (dual-arm)

How IRB 14000 YuMi (dual-arm) compares within +/- 5 kg payload.

Dual-arm specialty (0.5 kg payload per arm, 559 mm reach each). The only dual-arm cobot in the cohort. Electronics-assembly specialty product.

Why this cobot costs what it costs.

YuMi is a different category of robot than every other entry in this list. Dual 7-axis arms designed for two-handed small-parts assembly — the kind of work an electronics-assembly operator does at a bench with both hands. 0.5 kg payload per arm is far below the cohort's working range; the comparison isn't to UR5e or GoFa-5, it's to a human operator at a bench. The $40-60K quote-only range is therefore evaluating against fully-burdened operator cost ($55-75K/year per BLS ECEC) on a single shift, where the payback math becomes a question of whether the cell runs at human-equivalent precision and speed. Real-world deployment shows that YuMi cells succeed when the parts are extremely repeatable (consumer electronics, medical device sub-assembly) and fail when part variation requires human judgement. The structural cost is the integrated controller — IRC5 compact runs the dual-arm coordination natively, but the application-specific software (lead-through teach, dual-arm synchronisation) is what justifies the premium. ABB's marketing positions this as 'two-handed work', and that's literally what it does — anything else and the price doesn't pencil.

Vendor-specific Bill of Materials.

These line items are what ABB cells specifically need, beyond the bare arm. Multiply the arm price by 2.5-4x to land at typical installed cost — these items account for most of that multiplier.

Target buyer profile.

Electronics-assembly cells with extremely repeatable two-handed work. Medical device sub-assembly. Not a general-purpose cobot.

No firm 2026 USD list price located. 40-60K range widely cited but pre-2024.