Tokyo Robotics
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Tokyo Robotics does
Tokyo Robotics Inc. (東京ロボティクス株式会社) is a Japanese robotics company founded in January 2015 by Yoshihiro Sakamoto (Ph.D.) that develops full-body humanoid robots, multi-fingered dexterous hands, and teleoperation interfaces for industrial and research applications. The company is best known for its Torobo platform: a 1615mm, ~120kg humanoid with 7-axis dual arms, omni-directional mobile base, and torque sensors on every arm and waist joint, enabling high-performance impedance and force control. Its proprietary technology stack includes actuators built around the world's smallest cycloidal reduction gear, whole-body impedance control, large-scale parallel reinforcement learning pipelines trained in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and validated in MuJoCo, and full ROS/MoveIt/Gazebo compatibility. Supporting products include the Torobo Hand (10-axis, 197 pressure sensors), Torobo Puppet teleoperation device, Tolon mobile manipulator, Mobile Gripper, and Torobo Eye 3D camera.
The company operates a B2B, quote-based enterprise sales model targeting manufacturing, logistics, data center, and academic research customers in Japan and selected overseas markets. As of July 1, 2025, Tokyo Robotics became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation (株式会社安川電機), one of the world's largest industrial robotics manufacturers, gaining access to Yaskawa's global distribution network and capital base. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of robots, end-effectors, and 3D cameras, supplemented by technology licensing (Torobo Eye) and remote-operation professional services (e.g., NTT Communications data center inspection). Named customers include NTT Communications, JUKI Corporation, Waseda University, and JST's Moonshot R&D program. Tokyo Robotics employs 11-50 people and is headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, with registered capital of 100 million yen.
Tokyo Robotics firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Tokyo Robotics
- Legal name
- Tokyo Robotics Inc.
- Website
- https://robotics.tokyo
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Tokyo Robotics industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Humanoid Robotics
- NAICS
- Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)
- SIC
- Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL), Industrial & Warehouse Robotics (HDAAAIAA), Industrial Robots (Articulated, SCARA, Delta, Cartesian) (IMAHAHAA), Industrial Robotics & Cobots (IMAIAMAB)
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Where Tokyo Robotics is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
Tokyo Robotics business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Humanoid Robot Sales: Sale of Torobo humanoid robots and related systems including optional heads, end-effectors, and onboard computers. The new Torobo model launched in Japan in March 2025 and overseas from October 2025.
- Torobo Hand and End-Effector Sales: Sale of multi-fingered robotic hands and grippers, either as standalone products or bundled with Torobo systems. Version 1 launched in 2026.
- Torobo Puppet Teleoperation Device: Sale of puppet-style teleoperation interfaces for intuitive robot control, available in stationary and wearable configurations.
- Legacy Product Sales: Sales of legacy products including Torobo Eye 3D cameras, Mobile Gripper, Tolon mobile manipulator, Toala humanoid robot, and Torobo Arm systems.
- Technology Licensing: Technology licensing services for 3D camera Torobo Eye, and potentially other proprietary technologies developed by the company.
- Remote Control Robot Solutions: Remote operation robot solutions for applications such as datacenter inspection, launched in July 2024.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels7 records
Tokyo Robotics product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Tokyo Robotics develops and sells full-body humanoid robots (Torobo), dexterous multi-fingered robotic hands (Torobo Hand), puppet-style teleoperation interfaces (Torobo Puppet), and mobile manipulators (Tolon, Mobile Gripper) for automating repetitive and hazardous tasks in manufacturing, logistics, and data center inspection. The robots are built around proprietary torque sensors, whole-body impedance control, and reinforcement learning-based motion policies developed in-house.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Torobo: Full-body humanoid robot for industrial applications with torque sensing and impedance control capabilities.
- Torobo Hand
- Torobo Puppet
- Tolon
- Mobile Gripper
- Torobo Eye
- Toala
Products and services
- Torobo Humanoid Robot Full-body humanoid robot (1615mm height, ~120kg) with 7-axis dual arms, 3-axis waist, 3-axis neck, and 4-axis omni-directional mobile base. All arm and waist joints are equipped with torque sensors for high-performance impedance and force control. Can lift up to 7kg per arm and operates for approximately 3 hours on battery. Targeted at manufacturing, logistics, and service industries for automating assembly, picking, and other contact-intensive tasks.
- Torobo Hand 10-axis multi-fingered robotic hand using the world's smallest cycloidal reduction gear, with approximately 197 distributed pressure sensors across fingers and palm. Features backdrivable torque-controlled actuators for impedance control and is capable of in-hand manipulation trained via reinforcement learning. Provides 10N grasp force per fingertip. Sold as a standalone product or bundled with the Torobo system.
- Torobo Puppet Puppet-style teleoperation interface that enables intuitive control of the Torobo humanoid robot through a scaled-down puppet device. Available in stationary and wearable configurations with force feedback to the operator's hands, reducing programming requirements. Used for box transportation and remote task demonstration.
- Torobo GTC Logistics Solution Logistics automation solution based on the Torobo humanoid robot, enabling 24-hour unmanned operation with direct picking from shelves approximately 3.9 meters high. Designed for warehouse and distribution center operators needing to address labor shortages.
- Tolon Mobile Manipulator Mobile manipulator robot with an asymmetrical arm arrangement and omni-directional mobile base, designed for operation in narrow spaces. Targeted at industrial material handling and manipulation tasks.
- Mobile Gripper Mobile robot designed for automating short-distance transport and palletizing/depalletizing of heavy loads in small and medium-sized warehouses. Recognized with the 28th Japan MH Grand Prix Excellent Award.
- Toala Humanoid Robot 普及版 (popular version) dual-arm humanoid robot using current-based torque detection, offered as a more accessible dual-arm robot platform.
- Torobo Eye SL40 3D Camera Compact and lightweight 3D camera for robot vision applications, using structured light 3D measurement. Designed as a vision sensor for robotic systems.
- Torobo Eye SL80 3D Camera 3D camera for robot vision applications, expanding the Torobo Eye product line with a higher-spec model using structured light 3D measurement.
- Torobo Eye Technology Licensing Technology licensing service for the Torobo Eye 3D camera technology and other proprietary technologies developed by Tokyo Robotics. Enables third-party manufacturers to integrate Tokyo Robotics' 3D measurement IP into their own products.
- Remote Control Robot Solutions Remote operation robot solutions including the Togrus-DC data center inspection system developed with NTT Communications. The mobile manipulator robot performs autonomous aisle cap opening/closing, 6-axis arm posture remote control, and server rack photography via end-of-arm camera. Targeted at data center operators and telecommunications companies.
Quantifiable outcome
- Torobo can lift up to 7kg per arm at worst-case holding posture
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Tokyo Robotics
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Tokyo Robotics technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
AI capability9 records
Feature6 records
Tokyo Robotics partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and major.
- X-HUB TOKYO / Tokyo Metropolitan GovernmentminorSelected for X-HUB TOKYO SCRUM PROGRAM, an overseas expansion support program of Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
- NEXs Tokyo / Tokyo Metropolitan GovernmentminorSelected for 'Overseas Development Support Program' operated by NEXs Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government's startup support initiative.
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)majorSelected for Japan Innovation Campus at Silicon Valley sponsored by METI in November 2023, supporting overseas expansion and international business development.
- NTT Communications (datacenter remote maintenance)majorRemote inspection solution for NTT Communications' datacenter using mobile manipulator robot capable of autonomous aisle cap opening/closing, 6-axis arm posture remote control, and server rack photography using end-of-arm camera.
- JA Accelerator ProgramminorSelected for JA Accelerator Program 3rd (9 companies out of 211 applicants) in 2021 for picking robot development. Participated in demo day.
- XPRIZE FoundationminorTeam Synapse including Tokyo Robotics was selected as one of 38 semifinalist teams (out of teams from 16 countries) in XPRIZE Avatar competition in April 2021, and earlier as Qualified Team in January 2020.
- JUKI CorporationminorCollaboration where JUKI received OPEN INNOVATION AWARD through the partnership with Tokyo Robotics. CEO Sakamoto gave talks at JUKI's in-house seminars.
- Waseda UniversitymajorOngoing collaboration including co-hosting of Robotics Startup Conference (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025) as open forum in RSJ conferences. Joint research on Deep Predictive Learning with Ogata Lab for robot table wiping. Prof. Shigeki Sugano serves as Technical Adviser.
- NTT CommunicationsmajorSelected for NTT Communications' Open Innovation Program in 2019. Joint development of bilateral teleoperation system for humanoid robots over networks. Joint development of remote maintenance solution for data centers released in September 2023, featuring Togrus-DC for server rack inspection over the internet.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Tokyo Robotics competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Honda Robotics (ASIMO program): Honda's humanoid robotics program (ASIMO and successors) is the most direct large-incumbent comparable to Tokyo Robotics' full-body humanoid work. Both target whole-body force-controlled bipedal robots for human environments, though Honda operates at vastly larger scale with a much broader mobility/automotive portfolio.
- Boston Dynamics: Boston Dynamics (now Hyundai-owned) builds the Atlas humanoid and Spot quadruped; Atlas is a direct general-purpose humanoid peer to Torobo, while Boston Dynamics' broader quadruped and industrial portfolio makes it a broad incumbent as well.
- Toyota Research Institute: Toyota Research Institute's robotics division develops large-behavior-model humanoids (Diffusion Policy, LBM) and teleoperation research, sharing Tokyo Robotics' core focus on whole-body force-controlled manipulation and RL-trained humanoid policies, though operating as a non-commercial research arm.
Direct peers
- Figure AI: Figure AI builds general-purpose humanoid robots (Figure 01/02) for manufacturing and logistics automation using AI and whole-body control, directly competing with Tokyo Robotics' Torobo for the same enterprise factory and warehouse use cases in a similar B2B enterprise sales motion.
- Agility Robotics: Agility Robotics develops the Digit bipedal humanoid for warehouse logistics and material handling, directly overlapping with Tokyo Robotics' Torobo GTC logistics shoebox-picking solution and broader warehouse/depalletizing use cases.
- Apptronik: Apptronik builds the Apollo humanoid robot for industrial and logistics applications, including a partnership with Mercedes-Benz for factory deployment. Apollo and Torobo target the same general-purpose humanoid factory automation market.
- 1X Technologies: 1X Technologies builds the NEO bipedal humanoid robot for home and industrial applications using whole-body control and teleoperation—comparable to Tokyo Robotics' Torobo + Torobo Puppet teleoperation workflow and shared force-controlled manipulation focus.
- Unitree Robotics: Unitree produces lower-cost humanoid and quadruped robots (H1, G1) with an emphasis on accessible platforms for research and light commercial use—positioned against Tokyo Robotics' Torobo in the humanoid research and emerging enterprise market.
- PAL Robotics: Spain-based PAL Robotics builds humanoid (TALOS) and mobile manipulator platforms widely used in European academic and industrial research labs, directly comparable to Tokyo Robotics' Torobo humanoid and Torobo Hand research platforms with ROS integration.
- Sanctuary AI: Sanctuary AI develops the Phoenix general-purpose humanoid robot emphasizing dexterous manipulation and AI-driven autonomy, comparable to Tokyo Robotics' Torobo + Torobo Hand stacked system targeting dexterous industrial manipulation tasks.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Tokyo Robotics leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Tokyo Robotics funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors1 record
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Frequently asked questions about Tokyo Robotics
What does Tokyo Robotics do?
Tokyo Robotics develops and sells full-body humanoid robots (Torobo), dexterous multi-fingered robotic hands (Torobo Hand), puppet-style teleoperation interfaces (Torobo Puppet), and mobile manipulators (Tolon, Mobile Gripper) for automating repetitive and hazardous tasks in manufacturing, logistics, and data center inspection. The robots are built around proprietary torque sensors, whole-body impedance control, and reinforcement learning-based motion policies developed in-house.
Is Tokyo Robotics a public or private company?
Tokyo Robotics is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Tokyo Robotics founded?
Tokyo Robotics was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Tokyo Robotics based?
Tokyo Robotics is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does Tokyo Robotics make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Humanoid Robot Sales are the primary driver. The others are torobo Hand and End-Effector Sales, torobo Puppet Teleoperation Device, legacy Product Sales, technology Licensing and remote Control Robot Solutions.
Who are Tokyo Robotics's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Honda Robotics (ASIMO program), Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute. Direct peers are Figure AI, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, 1X Technologies, Unitree Robotics, PAL Robotics and Sanctuary AI.
Does Tokyo Robotics have an API?
No public API is recorded for Tokyo Robotics.
What industry is Tokyo Robotics in?
Tokyo Robotics's product category is Humanoid Robotics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAIAJ, Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots, with a secondary code of HDAAAIAL, Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors). Its NAICS code is 3333 and its SIC code is 3550.