CompanyJapanSince 2012
SCHAFT Inc.
SCHAFT was a University of Tokyo JSK Lab spin-off that built liquid-cooled biped robots and won the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. Google bought it in 2013 and Alphabet closed it in 2018 after a sale to SoftBank fell through.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2013One year so far
- Headquarters
- TokyoJapan
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2018-11-14Alphabet closes SCHAFT
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2013. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for SCHAFT Inc.'s robots by the maker or reputable press.
Parts suppliers
What is new
The latest stories about SCHAFT Inc.'s robots, newest first.
- Alphabet closes SCHAFT TechCrunch · S-One
- SCHAFT moves to self-funded track Defense One · S-One
- Wins DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Defense One · S-One
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Focus
- High-power bipedal robots for disaster response
- Funding
- Acquired by Google in 2013 (undisclosed); closed by Alphabet in November 2018
- Partners
- University of Tokyo JSK Lab and AIST (walking control); Kawada Industries (leg design base); DARPA Robotics Challenge
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in Japan.
- Toyota Research InstituteJapan · 11 models
- Waseda University / JST Moonshot programJapan · 10 models
- JSK Laboratory, University of TokyoJapan · 9 models
- Osaka UniversityJapan · 9 models
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Japan · 7 models
- Kawada Industries (robot business now Kawada Robotics Corporation)Japan · 6 models
Sources
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