Toyota T-HR3
T-HR3 is Toyota's third-generation humanoid, a teleoperated avatar with torque-controlled joints that mirrors an operator's movements. It was demonstrated over 5G and at the Tokyo Olympics.
Toyota (incl. Toyota Research Institute) press imageWe 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.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Research
- Category
- research
- First revealed
- 21 November 2017
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 154 cm
- Weight
- 75 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- 32 (+10 per hand)
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric with torque servo modules
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- yes
Where it stands
Teleoperated humanoid shown 2017; still used in Toyota research including remote operation over 5G.
What stands out
- Whole-body teleoperation via master system
- 5G remote operation demo with NTT Docomo, 2018
Autonomy, observed
Primarily teleoperated; balance control is autonomous.
Operator wears a master exoskeleton and head-mounted display; demonstrated over 5G with NTT Docomo in 2018 and at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: ten-finger hands
- Sensors: torque sensors in each joint, cameras
- AI stack: Master Maneuvering System (whole-body teleoperation)
Price and volume
Research robot.
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.
Startups, automakers, universities: who builds humanoids
108 makers, nine kinds. Startups hold 37 of the 44 humanoids you can order. Automakers, universities, big tech, conglomerates and NASA hold 45 robots between them and sell none of them.
Other robots by Toyota (incl. Toyota Research Institute).
Toyota CUE
CUE is a series of basketball-shooting humanoids built by a Toyota volunteer engineering team, with Guinness records for free throws and the longest robot shot.
Toyota Research Institute Punyo
Punyo is a TRI research platform that covers a humanoid upper body in soft, sensor-filled bubbles to study whole-body manipulation using contact with the arms and chest.
Sources
- 01Toyota T-HR3 press releaseToyota · 2017-11-21
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