Telexistence Inc. · retail humanoid
Model-T
A remotely piloted, roughly seven-foot wheeled humanoid that picks bottles and packages and places them on shelves; operators use VR gear with touch feedback. Not autonomous.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: Pilot ended; Telexistence's site no longer offers Model-T (replaced by non-humanoid TX SCARA).
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Why it matters
One of the first humanoid-shaped robots to restock shelves in a working convenience store.
Real-world use
Trialled at a FamilyMart in Toshima, Tokyo, from August 26, 2020, piloted remotely over VR.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2020-07
- Released
- 2020-08
Maker
Telexistence Inc.Company · founded 2017 · Tokyo, JapanUSD 170M (JPY 23bn) Series B in July 2023 including SoftBank, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Airbus Ventures and a Foxconn co-GP fund; about USD…
What it has been shown doing
2 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Pick & sortstocked PET drink bottles on shelves in a FamilyMart store pilot, piloted remotely via VR · Sep 2020 · techxplore.com
- Works on sitepilot in a working FamilyMart convenience store; remote-controlled, no built-in autonomy · Sep 2020 · techxplore.com
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Model-T gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- AI & software
- Fully teleoperated: a remote pilot in VR gear controls every movement with arms, legs and hands; the robot has no built-in intelligence (TechXplore/AFP).
- Other details
- About seven feet tall; first task was stocking PET bottles, with rice balls and sandwiches planned (TechXplore/AFP).
Lineage
Every Telexistence humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Not for salePilot ended; Telexistence's site no longer offers Model-T (replaced by non-humanoid TX SCARA).
- Sold or delivered
- Paid pilot; started in one FamilyMart store in 2020
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan
- Customers and pilots
- FamilyMart (2020 pilot, plan for 20 stores over two years)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Trial ended
FamilyMart · since 2020-08
FamilyMart tested Telexistence's remotely piloted Model T restocking shelves in one of its stores. Plan for 20 stores over two years TechXplore
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- FamilyMart pilots remote-controlled shelf stocker
AFP reported Model-T stocking drinks in a Tokyo FamilyMart, with 20 stores planned.
TechXplore / AFP
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Model-TTelexistence |  Cloud Ginger (XR-1)CloudMinds (DataA Robotics)Same job: retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  EVE1X Technologies (formerly Halodi Robotics)Same job: logistics · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  DAL-eHyundai Motor GroupSame job: retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2020-07 | 2019 | 2018 | 2021-01-26 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | — | 158 cm | 183 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 62 kg | 83 kg | 80 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 25 | — |
| Speed | — | — | 14.5 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | 8 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $150,000 | — |
Sources
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