Tokyo Robotics

Tokyo Robotics develops humanoid robots, robotic hands and manipulation systems for research and industrial automation. Its Torobo platforms are used to study full-body humanoid control, dual-arm manipulation and robot hands for practical factory tasks.

Facts

Segment: Humanoid Robotics
Country: Japan
Founded: 2015
Website: https://www.tokyorobotics.com

Market context

Tokyo Robotics matters as a Japan-based humanoid effort combining hardware, dexterous manipulation, teleoperation and learning-based locomotion, now with Yaskawa ownership behind it.

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Products

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Funding

2021-12-16 - Capital and business alliance - $1.4M - Tokyo Robotics raises 200 million yen through capital and business alliance with Igarashi Electric Works - source: prtimes.jp
2020-01-21 - Strategic partnership - Tokyo Robotics signs investment and technology partnership with Yamaha Motor - source: global.yamaha-motor.com

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Investors

Igarashi Electric Works - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-16
Yamaha Motor - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-01-21

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Timeline

2026-04-02 - Demonstration - Tokyo Robotics unveils bipedal humanoid prototype with RL-based walking and whole-body teleoperation - Tokyo Robotics published a new demonstration showing a full-body humanoid prototype performing human-like walking, push recovery, and real-time whole-body teleoperation. The company's latest humanoid materials also show reinforcement-learning-based bipedal… - source: twitter.com
2024-07-02 - Capability - Tokyo Robotics starts offering remote-control robot solutions for hazardous maintenance work - Tokyo Robotics announced the start of a remote-control robot solution business built on its dual-arm robot and mobile manipulator technologies. The company said it would customize robots and teleoperation devices to customer requirements and highlighted… - source: prtimes.jp
2024-06-10 - Product Launch - Tokyo Robotics launches new models of Torobo and Torobo Hand - Tokyo Robotics announced new versions of its force-controllable full-body humanoid robot Torobo and its multi-finger Torobo Hand. The company said the new models were aimed at research on robot motion generation linked with AI and at industrial work… - source: prtimes.jp

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Team

Yoshihiro Sakamoto - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

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Relations

Igarashi Electric Works - Technology Partner - Tokyo Robotics and Igarashi Electric Works aligned on motor manufacturing, design know-how and joint testing.
E-MARK - Deployment Partner - E-MARK named in NTT Communications data center maintenance robot demonstration cluster.

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