Tokyo Robotics :: Advanced Humanoid Robots

Tokyo Robotics (Tokyo Robotics Inc.) is a Japanese robotics company founded in January 2015 and headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. The company develops advanced humanoid robots and related technologies aimed at automating repetitive, hazardous, or physically demanding tasks, allowing humans to focus on creative and intellectual work. In July 2025, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation, one of the world’s leading industrial robotics companies, which has strengthened its development and commercialization capabilities.

Tokyo Robotics focuses on practical applications in manufacturing, logistics, service, and research. Its robots emphasize torque sensing, impedance control, and safe human-robot collaboration, enabling dexterous and natural movements.

Key robot-based products include:

• Torobo / Torobo2: The company’s flagship full-body humanoid robot. It features high-performance torque sensors and impedance control throughout its body for safe, compliant, and skillful task execution. Torobo demonstrates advanced capabilities including human-like walking, whole-body control, teleoperation, in-hand object manipulation, hammering, sawing, table wiping, and box transportation. It is designed for research, industrial automation, and service applications.
• Torobo Hand: A highly dexterous multi-fingered robotic hand that supports fine manipulation, torque/impedance control, and complex tasks such as object rotation and precise gripping. It is often integrated with the Torobo humanoid platform.
• Torobo Puppet: A teleoperation device that allows intuitive remote control of the Torobo robot.

The company maintains an active research and development program, showcasing demos involving reinforcement learning, deep predictive learning, and dynamic motions (e.g., pitching a ball or shock absorption). It offers open resources and has a GitHub organization for developers.

Tokyo Robotics positions itself at the forefront of human-robot coexistence, with strong academic ties (including advisers from Waseda University) and practical industrial backing through Yaskawa.