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Waseda University is a robotics company founded 2000, based in Japan, developing 4 robots primarily in the Humanoid category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
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Add a deployment →Waseda University established the Humanoid Robotics Institute in April 2000 to promote research activities which aim to construct a new relationship between humans and machines in the advanced information society.
Waseda University's Humanoid Robotics Institute develops anthropomorphic robots including the Waseda Flutist series (musical performance robots with bio-inspired design), Wabot-2 (early humanoid), and Twendy-One (care robot). Research-focused organization creating humanoid platforms for music, interaction, and human-robot collaboration.
Active products
4
RoboIndex
39.56
RoboScore 39.56 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 2000 · 26 yrs
- Website
- www.humanoid.waseda.ac.jp
RoboScore
39.56 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Speculative — thin evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
5 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Milestones
Developed Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RVI with 41 degrees of freedom
Established Humanoid Robotics Institute
Developed WABOT-1, first full-scale humanlike robot
Press coverage
- Waseda University, Humanoid Robotics Institute
SolidWorks
- Waseda Flutist
ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics
- The Waseda Flutist Robot
JSTOR
Public loss record
Japanese workplace accidents reach the labour ministry and product incidents reach NITE. We read both, and they are small files.
Active products by Waseda University
4 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Twendy One | Humanoid | Height 1.46 m·Weight 111 kg | 2007 | 39.5 |
| 2 |  | Kobian | Humanoid | Height 1.40 m·Weight 62 kg | 2007 | 39.2 |
| 3 |  | Waseda Flutist | Research | — | 2011 | 30.8 |
| 4 |  | Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined VI | Research | — | 2011 | 30.8 |
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