Toshiba Corporation
Logo: Toshiba Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsToshiba is a Japanese electronics and infrastructure company. In 2014 it unveiled the Aiko Chihira communication android, developed with Alab and several Japanese universities.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2014One year so far
- Headquarters
- KawasakiKanagawa, Japan
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- Who uses it?1 robot model in useGreeted shoppers at Mitsukoshi Nihombashi department store in Tokyo in April-May 2015;
- What is new?2016-06Sister android at Odaiba mall
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2014. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Toshiba Corporation's robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
Aiko Chihira2014 · RetiredGreeted shoppers at Mitsukoshi Nihombashi department store in Tokyo in April-May 2015; a successor, Junco Chihira, gave tourist information at Aqua City Odaiba in 2016.
What is new
The latest stories about Toshiba Corporation's robots, newest first.
- Sister android at Odaiba mall Inside Retail Asia · Aiko Chihira
- Receptionist at Mitsukoshi Phys.org (AFP) · Aiko Chihira
- Unveiled at CEATEC 2014 PCWorld · Aiko Chihira
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 1875
- Headquarters
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
- Focus
- Infrastructure, semiconductors and storage; humanoid work was a communication-android project.
- Funding
- Privately held since December 2023 after a buyout by a Japan Industrial Partners-led consortium; delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Partners
- Alab and Japanese universities (development); Mitsukoshi Nihombashi (2015 receptionist); AQUA CiTY Odaiba (2016).
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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