{
  "icp": {
    "industries": [
      "Industrial robots",
      "Semiconductor manufacturing equipment"
    ]
  },
  "itha": "0.2",
  "company": {
    "hq": {
      "city": "Shinagawa-ku",
      "region": "Tokyo",
      "country": "JP"
    },
    "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/",
    "name": "Harmonic Drive Systems",
    "domain": "hds.co.jp",
    "founded": 1970,
    "same_as": [
      "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11327365"
    ],
    "employees": {
      "max": 1419,
      "min": 1419
    },
    "legal_name": "Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.",
    "description": "Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. manufactures and sells mechatronics products and speed reducers, including HarmonicDrive strain wave gears and precision planetary reducers, for industrial robots and semiconductor equipment."
  },
  "offerings": [
    {
      "id": "reducer-for-precision-control",
      "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/list/reducer/",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Reducer for Precision Control (HarmonicDrive®)",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "HarmonicDrive® strain wave gear speed reducers built from three basic components, offered as component, unit and simple-unit types in the CSG, CSF, CSD, SHF/SHG and other series.",
      "category": "strain_wave_gear"
    },
    {
      "id": "high-performance-gear-heads",
      "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/list/gearhead/",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "High-performance Gear Heads for Servo Motors",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Servo motor gear heads in HarmonicDrive® type (CSG-GH, CSF-GH) and planetary type (HPG, HPN, HPF, HPGP), with input joints and flanges for servo motors from various makers.",
      "category": "gearbox"
    },
    {
      "id": "rotary-actuators",
      "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/list/rotary/",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Rotary Actuators",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Rotary actuators that combine a servo motor with a HarmonicDrive® reducer, including the SHA, FHA, FPA and RSF series.",
      "category": "actuator"
    },
    {
      "id": "linear-actuators",
      "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/list/linear/",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Linear Actuators",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Linear actuators that combine a precision screw with a HarmonicDrive® reducer for micron- and submicron-level positioning, in the LBC, LA and LAH-46 series.",
      "category": "linear_actuator"
    },
    {
      "id": "motors-and-sensors",
      "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/list/motors/",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Motors, Optical Galvano Scanners, Sensor Systems and Servo Drivers",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Direct drive motors and AC servo motors, optical galvano scanners, encoder sensor systems and HA series servo drivers.",
      "category": "motion_power_transmission"
    }
  ],
  "engagement": {
    "url": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/products/contact/form.html"
  },
  "extensions": {
    "robotics": {
      "roles": [
        "component_manufacturer"
      ],
      "spec_version": "0.2"
    }
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-28"
}