SCHAFT S-One
S-One was the humanoid of University of Tokyo spin-out SCHAFT, acquired by Google in 2013, which won the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. A later bipedal prototype was shown in 2016 before Alphabet shut the company in 2018.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
- Status
- Retired
- Category
- historic
- First revealed
- December 2013
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 148 cm
- Weight
- 95 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, liquid-cooled high-current motors with capacitor power
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials in December 2013; SCHAFT was closed by Alphabet in 2018.
What stands out
- Won DRC Trials 2013
- Acquired by Google, closed 2018
Autonomy, observed
Scored 27 of 32 points at the DRC Trials, ahead of all other teams.
Operated with human supervision as allowed by the DRC rules.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: gripper hands
- Sensors: LiDAR, cameras
Price and volume
Not for sale.
Milestones.
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials: SCHAFT wins
Sixteen teams compete in eight disaster response tasks at Homestead, Florida. Tokyo startup SCHAFT, just acquired by Google, wins ahead of IHMC on an Atlas and Tartan Rescue's CHIMP.
Humanoid races, games and fights: what the competitions proved
Our record holds 11 competition events from 1997 to 2025 and 17 machines tied to them. Six can be ordered, three at a public price, and 13 of the 17 carry a teleoperation flag of yes or partial.
Japan built the first humanoids, then stopped shipping them
Japan has 24 humanoids and 12 makers in our record, more than any country except China and the United States. Two of the 24 can be ordered today, and both were first shown in 2009.
Sources
- 01SCHAFT, WikipediaWikipedia
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