Tokyo Robotics · research humanoid
Torobo
A human-sized semi-humanoid with torque sensors in every arm and waist joint for force-controlled contact work: two 7-axis arms, a 3-axis waist, an optional 3-axis sensor head and an omnidirectional base, about 161.5 cm tall and 120 kg. Payload is 7 kg per arm in the worst posture; orders opened in late 2017 and a lighter new version is under development.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 162 cmTaller than 45%
- Weight
- 120 kgHeavier than 88%
- Payload
- 7 kgCarries more than 36%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Torobo is on the market today.
Real-world use
Used in Japanese national R&D projects; demonstrated at Yaskawa's iREX 2025 booth linked to SoftBank's AI-RAN and a building-management system.
Timeline
- Released
- 2017-12
Maker
Tokyo RoboticsCompany · founded 2015-01 · Tokyo, JapanHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Torobo is taller than 45% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Torobo is heavier than 88% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Torobo carries more than 36% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Torobo has more joints than 28% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 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 & sortiREX 2025 Yaskawa booth demo: handled documents and supplies while linked with an AMR and building systems · Dec 2025 · softbank.jp
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Torobo gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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.
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 24 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Two 7-axis arms, 3-axis waist (pitch, pitch, yaw), 3-axis neck and 4-axis omnidirectional base; torque sensors in every arm and waist joint for impedance and force control. The 2018-era Torobo Arm used hollow motors from TQ Systems; the 2026 Torobo Hand uses the company's own cycloid reducer.
- Hands
- In-house back-drivable gripper with grip force set by current limiting; hand or gripper selectable; a 10-axis four-finger Torobo Hand was added in 2026. Payload 7 kg per arm in the worst-case posture.
- Sensors & vision
- Optional sensor head with ToF depth camera, fisheye camera, wide-angle stereo camera and stereo microphones; joint torque sensors throughout.
- Compute
- One control PC as standard; optional PCs with NVIDIA RTX 4070 (head sensors) and RTX 5070 (ML training and inference).
- Battery & power
- Built-in battery, up to about 3 hours; can operate while charging.
- Materials & build
- 1,615 mm tall, about 120 kg, 590 mm wide cart.
- AI & software
- ROS-compatible with Gazebo, MoveIt trajectory planning, RViz, state machine, logging; simulation models for MuJoCo and NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Shown at iREX 2025 running VLA-model tasks over SoftBank's AI-RAN edge computing.
- Other details
- Current Torobo listed as a 2022 product on the maker's legacy page; orders for the first human-sized dual-arm Torobo opened at the end of 2017 (upper body about 10 kg on an AGV). Interfaces: digital and analog I/O, 2 Ethernet ports, 24 V tool flange.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAROS (Open Robotics)Arm Holdings
Lineage
Every Tokyo Robotics (Yaskawa Electric subsidiary since July 2025) humanoid in order.
Watch Torobo
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold to order; volumes not disclosed
- Where it is sold or used
- Tokyo, Japan
- Customers and pilots
- R&D users in steel, electronics, components and AI companies (for Torobo Arm, per 2018 report)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Torobo runs VLA demo at iREX 2025
MONOist reported Torobo executing AI-generated tasks over SoftBank AI-RAN and noted Tokyo Robotics became a wholly owned Yaskawa subsidiary on 1 July 2025.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Tokyo Robotics starts taking Torobo orders
Nikkan Kogyo described the Waseda spin-off's human-sized dual-arm Torobo on an AGV and its torque-sensing Torobo Arm.
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Newswitch)
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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | ToroboTokyo Robotics (Yaskawa Electric subsidiary since July 2025) |  ugo Prougo Inc.Same job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useRoBeeOversonic RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017 | 2021-11-15 | 2021-09 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 162 cm | 180 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | 120 kg | 54 kg | 75 kg |
| Joints | 24 | — | — |
| Speed | — | 3.6 km/h | — |
| Payload | 7 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | 4 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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