# AIST Humanoid Research Group: humanoid robotics company

Canonical ID: `8a577c5f-147d-4e5c-b8de-a670fdba4903`

- **Slug:** aist-humanoid
- **HQ:** Tsukuba, Japan
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)

## Models

- [HRP-4C](/models/hrp-4c.md) (humanoid) (id: `caa6271e-1c06-42af-8862-4a46629fe2a7`)
- [HRP-5P](/models/hrp-5p.md) (humanoid) (id: `51398b5a-020e-4b01-b7fc-515631ffcd71`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Fumio Kanehiro](/people/fumio-kanehiro.md) Senior Researcher, AIST; Lead Developer of HRP series (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is AIST Humanoid Research Group?

[AIST](/companies/aist-humanoid) (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) is Japan's premier government robotics lab in Tsukuba, developer of the [HRP series](/models/hrp-5p) humanoid robots since 1998. The HRP-2, HRP-3, HRP-4, HRP-4C, and HRP-5P platforms have been used as research platforms worldwide, with HRP-5P (182cm, 101kg) designed for construction and assembly work environments.

### What does AIST Humanoid Research Group make?

AIST Humanoid Research Group has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: HRP-4C, HRP-5P (AIST Humanoid Research Group builds physical robots).

### Who competes with AIST Humanoid Research Group?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to AIST Humanoid Research Group building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.

### Where is AIST Humanoid Research Group headquartered?

AIST Humanoid Research Group is headquartered in Tsukuba, Japan.

### Where does AIST Humanoid Research Group operate robots?

AIST Humanoid Research Group is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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