Yamaha’s musical instrument craftsmanship and groundbreaking production technologies are sure to prove invaluable in other industries.
Taking Yamaha's production technologies to the world
1984
External sale of industrial robots that utilize our musical instrument production know-how
In 1984 Yamaha began external sales of the λ-1 heavy assembly robot that we had been using for piano production, and of Ҡ-1, used for buffing complex surfaces on objects such as wind instruments. These proved influential both inside and outside Japan.
![[Image] Ҡ-1](/ja/about/history/innovation/episode-16/images/1984-1.jpg)
Ҡ-1
1997
Applying musical instrument shaping techniques to precision devices
In 1997 Yamaha applied the precision techniques used to shape instruments to create cellular phone exteriors, high-end camera frames, and molded magnesium alloy products for external sale.