Humanoid robots
in Japan.

21 platforms built here, from 6 companies and labs. Japan is part of a global market of 174 humanoids across 17 countries.

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HRP-4

AIST

Slim adult-sized HRP humanoid built by AIST and Kawada for natural human-like motion in shared workspaces.

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Torobo

Tokyo Robotics

Torobo is Tokyo Robotics' research humanoid (upper-body + bipedal variants) used in academic labs.

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Mindar

Kohtai-ji Temple / Osaka University

Mindar is a Buddhist-priest android (Kannon Bodhisattva) developed by Osaka University's Hiroshi Ishiguro for Kohtai-ji Temple in Kyoto.

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In customer trials

Astra

Telexistence

Humanoid robot for convenience store work powered by generative VLA model; Telexistence-Seven Eleven Japan partnership targets 20,000-store …

Lab

HRP-5P

AIST

Heavy-labor humanoid prototype able to use power tools and install drywall, fifth generation in the HRP series.

Lab

E2-DR

Honda

Disaster-response humanoid able to walk upright at 4.3 km/h, crawl on all fours, climb ladders and squeeze through 30 cm gaps.

Lab

Kaleido

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Robust adult-sized industrial humanoid for disaster response and material handling, ninth generation revealed at 2025 International Robot Ex…

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Lab

Torobo (bipedal)

Tokyo Robotics

Bipedal humanoid prototype from Japanese firm previously known for wheeled Torobo platform; entered bipedal humanoid competition April 2026.

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Lab

ToraOne

Tokyo Robotics

ToraOne is Tokyo Robotics' newer full-size humanoid platform.

Lab

T-HR3

Toyota

Third-generation Toyota humanoid with 32 torque-controlled DoF and 10-fingered hands, controlled via a master maneuvering exoskeleton with V…

Lab

Punyo

Toyota Research Institute

Soft torso-up humanoid covered in compliant inflatable bladders and tactile-sensing 'bubble' grippers for whole-body manipulation.

Lab

Kengoro

University of Tokyo (JSK Lab)

Musculoskeletal humanoid driven by 108 motors that mimic muscles and tendons; cools itself by sweating water through a porous aluminium skel…

Lab

Kenshiro

University of Tokyo (JSK Lab)

Anthropomimetic humanoid modelled on a 12-year-old boy's anatomy, with 160 pulley-driven 'muscles' replicating the human musculoskeletal sys…

Retired

HRP-2

AIST

Second-generation HRP humanoid notable for being able to stand up from prone or supine; designed by Yutaka Izubuchi (Patlabor).

Retired

HRP-4C

AIST / Kawada Robotics

Feminine-styled bipedal humanoid built to match average young Japanese woman dimensions, demonstrated singing and runway-walking performance…

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Retired

HOAP

Fujitsu

HOAP (Humanoid for Open Architecture Platform) is Fujitsu's series of small bipedal research humanoids (2001-2005).

Retired

ASIMO

Honda

Pioneering bipedal humanoid that established many modern walking-robot conventions; development ended in 2018, last public appearance in 202…

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Retired

PINO

Kitano Symbiotic Systems / ERATO

PINO is an open-design bipedal humanoid built by the Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project (Japan), famous from Bjork's 'All Is Full of Love' vid…

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Retired

KHR-1

Kondo Kagaku

KHR-1 (Kondo Humanoid Robot 1, 2004) was a pioneering low-cost hobbyist bipedal humanoid kit that sparked the consumer humanoid hobby market…

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Retired

Wakamaru

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Wakamaru is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' wheeled humanoid companion (2005) sold in Japan for ~$14,000.

Retired

QRIO

Sony

Compact bipedal entertainment humanoid, the world's first running robot via ZMP control; discontinued in 2006 after ~100 units built.