Japan’s Most Famous Android Builder Just Found His Robot Legs in China
The Japanese robotics legend Hiroshi Ishiguro is partnering with the leading Chinese robotics firm Unitree to commercialize his long-running android research.
Actroid
Actroid is a series of humanoid robots developed by Japan’s Kokoro Company in collaboration with Osaka University. Designed to closely resemble humans in appearance and behavior, Actroids feature realistic facial expressions, skin-like materials, and advanced motion control for natural movement. They are often used in exhibitions, research, and customer service settings to study human-robot interaction and the boundaries of human likeness in robotics.
Japan’s Humanoid Robots: 50+ Years of Advancements
Since beginning its journey into humanoid robotics over 50 years ago, Japan has made decades of steady progress.