📍 Tokyo, Japan
medical roboticsindustrial roboticsautomation
The Robotics Innovation Center at the Institute of Science Tokyo operates a fully automated medical research laboratory featuring humanoid and multi-arm robots. The facility conducts experiments autonomously with the goal of scaling to thousands of robots for large-scale automated research.
Maholo LabDroidFully automated medical laboratoryAI-integrated automation systems
📍 Tokyo, Japan
social roboticshuman-robot interactionembodied AI
Corporate research institute focused on advanced robotics research and development. Develops social robots designed for human interaction and emotional engagement, bringing prototypes from research to real-world pilot studies.
Haru social robot
📍 Tokyo, Japan
humanoidmanipulationhuman-robot interaction
The Humanoid Robotics Institute at Waseda University focuses on research and development of robot technology for co-creation with humans. Led by Prof. Atsuo Takanishi, the institute conducts cutting-edge research on humanoid robot design, dynamics, and control.
Humanoid robot design and controlRobot dynamics research
📍 Tokyo, Japan
humanoidlegged locomotionmanipulation
The Humanoid Systems Laboratory explores next-generation robot systems for human coexistence and prosperity through development of cutting-edge humanoid robots, four-legged robots, power suits, and hydraulic systems. The lab provides education on robot hardware design, control, motor learning, and bio-inspired mechanisms.
Humanoid robot developmentFour-legged robot systemsPower suit development
📍 Tokyo, Japan
humanoidbio-roboticshuman-machine interfaces
The Bio-Robotics & Human-Mechatronics Laboratory at Waseda University's Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems (IPS), led by Prof. Takafumi Matsumaru, combines bio-inspired principles with robot design and control to develop advanced humanoid and wearable robotic systems.
Bio-robotics researchHuman-mechatronics systems
📍 Tokyo, Japan
humanoidcomputational neurosciencemotor control
Togo Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications focuses on 'Humanize Robotics' by deeply integrating cyborg technology and computational neuroscience to understand how skilled human body movements are created through musculoskeletal physics and central nervous system control.
Humanize Robotics researchComputational neuroscience applications
📍 Nishinomiya, Japan
service robotsHRImanipulation
The Service Robotics Laboratory at Kwansei Gakuin University develops robot systems for human support in healthcare, welfare, and domestic care settings. The lab focuses on service engineering principles to create robots that assist people in daily life through motion capture, human motion modeling, and human-robot collaborative control technologies.
Care support robotsHuman motion modeling research