HumanoidsInside Toyota's quiet humanoid programme
Toyota has been making humanoids since 2004 and almost never talks about them. The strategy is finally starting to make sense.
Kenji Watanabe · 23 May · 3 min
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Kenji Watanabe
Kenji writes from Osaka on Asian robotics manufacturing, supply chains, and the engineering culture inside the world's largest robot makers.
Humanoids
IndustrialToyota and FANUC quietly co-develop a new generation of factory humanoid
A joint development agreement between Toyota and FANUC has the potential to reshape industrial humanoids in Asia. Neither company is saying much.
Kenji Watanabe · 23 May · 3 min
HumanoidsHonda revives its humanoid programme with a quiet announcement and a long memory
Honda retired Asimo in 2018 to a wave of nostalgia. The company's new humanoid programme, announced this week, is unmistakably the same culture starting again.
Kenji Watanabe · 17 May · 3 min
IndustrialIntegration, training, and change management account for 60 to 70 percent of total deployment cost. The hardware is the easy part.
Kenji Watanabe · 2 May · 3 min
Japan's third humanoid programme announcement in six months signals a cultural shift in how the country's manufacturers view the category.
Kenji Watanabe · 1 May · 3 min
