Humanoid robot companies - makers, suppliers, researchers

SoftBank Robotics

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. is a Tokyo-based robotics company formed in 2012 when SoftBank Group acquired Aldebaran Robotics of France. The company develops autonomous humanoid robots for social and commercial interaction, including Pepper (the world's first mass-produced humanoid robot per Guinness World Records) and NAO (widely used in education and research). SoftBank Robotics has approximately 201-500 employees and its robots are deployed across more than 70 countries. The company also expanded into commercial cleaning with the Whiz autonomous vacuum, with over 35,000 systems in use globally.

FANUC

Robot Maker

Oshino, Japan

FANUC Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of CNC systems, industrial robots, and factory automation equipment, and is one of the world's largest industrial robot makers with over 27 million CNC systems shipped.

Toyota

Robot Maker

Toyota City, Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda. It is one of the world's largest automakers and is actively engaged in humanoid robotics research, including the T-HR3 robot and a partnership (via Toyota Research Institute) with Boston Dynamics on Large Behavior Models.

Kawasaki Robotics

Robot Maker

Akashi, Japan

Kawasaki Robotics is the industrial and humanoid robotics division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, with a history of manufacturing industrial robots in Japan since 1969. The division supplies articulated industrial robots for welding, assembly, material handling, painting, and palletizing applications across global automotive and manufacturing sectors. Its humanoid program, Kaleido, has been under R&D since 2015, with the Kaleido 9 prototype—targeted at disaster response applications—representing its ninth-generation bipedal platform.

Hitachi

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Hitachi, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, operating across digital systems, energy, mobility, and industrial infrastructure sectors. The company also develops robotics technologies, including the EMIEW3, a small wheeled service robot designed for customer guidance in offices and public spaces using cloud-based AI for speech recognition and multi-robot task coordination. Through its R&D division, Hitachi pursues industrial automation and logistics robotics aimed at social infrastructure applications.

Honda

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that designs and manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment. The company is also a recognized pioneer in humanoid robotics, having developed the ASIMO bipedal humanoid robot, whose program was officially discontinued in 2022. Honda continues advancing robotics research through its Honda Research Institute, focusing on mobility, AI, and humanoid technologies that build on decades of expertise in bipedal locomotion and balance control.

RT Corporation

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

RT Corporation (株式会社アールティ) is a Japanese robotics company founded in 2005 in Tokyo, developing and distributing service robots, humanoid robot platforms, robotic arms, and educational robot kits. The company supplies research-grade hardware such as the RIC90 humanoid robot and custom robotic components, while also providing AI software and PCB development services. RT Corporation serves domestic and international customers in research, education, and service robot industries and has raised approximately $4.7M in funding.

Tokyo Robotics

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Robotics is a Japanese humanoid robotics company founded in 2015 as a Waseda University spinoff, developing the Torobo wheeled humanoid robot and Torobo Hand dexterous end-effector for manufacturing, logistics, and research. The company's robots use high-precision torque sensors across all joints for force control and safe human-robot collaboration. As of July 1, 2025, Tokyo Robotics became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation.

Cyberdyne Inc.

Robot Maker

Tsukuba, Japan

Cyberdyne Inc. is a Japanese robotics company that develops the HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) series of wearable exoskeleton robots for medical rehabilitation, elderly care, and physical labor support. HAL detects bioelectric signals from the wearer's muscles and uses them to assist or restore movement, making it one of the few exoskeletons to receive national health insurance reimbursement in Japan. Beyond healthcare, Cyberdyne has expanded HAL applications into industrial and disaster response settings.

Donut Robotics Co., Ltd.

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Donut Robotics is a Japanese robotics company that develops the Cinnamon 1 humanoid robot, designed for factory and construction labor assistance as well as service tasks in schools and hospitals across Japan. Founded in 2014 in Kitakyushu and headquartered in Tokyo, the company originally built smart communication devices including the C-Face smart mask. Under CEO Taisuke Ono, Donut is now scaling toward broader global humanoid robot development, with the Cinnamon platform currently in pilot deployments.

Logic

Robot Maker

Kanazawa, Japan

Logic develops AI-enabled robotics platforms orchestrated by a digital twin–based operating system. The company's primary prototype, Octopus, is an automated logistics system targeting fully autonomous freight handling. Its technology is designed to scale across both terrestrial and interplanetary supply chain operations.

Telexistence

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics.

Ory Lab

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

OryLab Inc. is a Japanese startup founded in 2012 in Tokyo with a mission to eliminate loneliness through avatar robot technology. The company is best known for OriHime, a small telepresence robot that allows people who are bedridden or otherwise unable to be physically present — such as those with disabilities — to communicate and participate in social settings remotely. OryLab also operates cafe and work environments staffed by OriHime robots piloted by people with disabilities, offering a novel employment model.

AVITA

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

AVITA develops services using avatars and generative AI, including AVACOM for avatar customer service and AVATRE for AI role-play. It also produces avatars and provides BPaaS delivered by avatar workers.

Genki Robotics

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Genki Robotics is a Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup building general-purpose bipedal robots. The company employs an ecosystem-based architecture and offers product development kits aimed at enabling third-party developers and systems integrators to build applications on its robots.

Kawada Robotics

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

Kawada Robotics is a Japanese robotics company that designs and manufactures collaborative humanoid robots for industrial and service applications. Its flagship product, the NEXTAGE dual-arm robot, performs assembly, inspection, dispensing, and packaging tasks in factory environments alongside human workers. The company also offers a Research Humanoid Robot Platform and builds on the HRP humanoid series legacy developed with Japan's AIST research institute.

Yaskawa

Robot Maker

Kitakyushu, Japan

Yaskawa Electric Corporation is a global manufacturer of factory automation and robotics solutions, offering industrial robots, servo motors, AC Drives, system engineering, energy-saving solutions, and the i3-Mechatronics solution concept. It operates through a worldwide network covering the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa.

O-ID

Robot Maker

Tokyo, Japan

O-ID builds modular humanoid robots with swappable, serviceable, and customizable modules. Made in Japan and shipped from Tokyo, its humanoids are intended for manufacturing, logistics, and industrial inspection.