Toyota Research Institute · research humanoid
T-HR3
Toyota's third-generation humanoid, 1.54 m and 75 kg with 32 torque-controlled axes and 10-fingered hands, built to explore safe physical interaction for homes, hospitals and disaster sites.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 154 cmTaller than 36%
- Weight
- 75 kgHeavier than 68%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Showed full-body teleoperation with force feedback through a wearable 'Master Maneuvering System' in which the operator walks in place in a chair.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Toyota Research InstituteCompany · founded 2016 · Los Altos, California, United StatesToyota subsidiary; launched with $1 billion over five years.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
T-HR3 is taller than 36% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T-HR3 is heavier than 68% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T-HR3 has more joints than 54% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for T-HR3 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention T-HR3 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
- Walks on legs · 32 joints
- Actuators & motors
- A Torque Servo Module in every joint, combining motor, reduction gear and a highly sensitive Cr-N alloy thin-film torque sensor; developed with Tamagawa Seiki and Nidec Copal Electronics. Toyota's spec table lists 32 axes (IEEE Spectrum calls them 32 torque-controlled degrees of freedom).
- Hands
- Toyota's spec table lists 10 fingers; no further hand details published.
- Sensors & vision
- Joint torque sensors that measure forces on and by the robot and feed them back to the operator.
- AI & software
- Remote-controlled through Toyota's Master Maneuvering System: wearable master arms, a master foot for walking in place, a data glove and a head-mounted display showing the robot's view (16 master control systems, 16 axes). Self-interference prevention and whole-body balance control run automatically.
- Other details
- 1,540 mm tall, 75 kg. The operator station itself weighs 170 kg. Force feedback lets the operator feel contact forces.
Named suppliers:NidecTamagawa Seiki
Lineage
Every Toyota (Partner Robot Division) humanoid in order.
Toyota Partner Robot (walking type)2004Retired
Toyota Partner Robot (violin-playing)2007Retired
Toyota Partner Robot (running humanoid)2009Retired
Human Support Robot (HSR)2012Research
Kirobo2013Retired- T-HR32017Research
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCUE (first generation)2018Retired
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCUE32019Retired
CUE62022Research
Punyo2024Research
CUE72026Research
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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
- Never sold (Toyota research platform).
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- T-HR3 shown at iREX 2017
Toyota displayed the robot at the International Robot Exhibition at Tokyo Big Sight (29 Nov - 2 Dec).
Toyota Motor Corporation - Toyota reveals T-HR3
Toyota's third-generation humanoid, mirrored by a human operator with force feedback.
Toyota Motor Corporation
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 | T-HR3Toyota (Partner Robot Division) |  FriendsKawasaki Heavy IndustriesSame job: care · Both walk · Both research platforms |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-11-21 | 2021 |
| Status | Research | Research |
| Height | 154 cm | — |
| Weight | 75 kg | — |
| Joints | 32 | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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