The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Honda Research Institute: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Honda Research Institute (HRI) is Honda's fundamental robotics research arm, continuing the legacy of the ASIMO humanoid robot program. HRI works on AI, perception, and control for future robotics and mobility systems, including autonomous vehicles and humanoid platforms.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Dexterous manipulation and perception
Social robot research
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
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Every company Honda Research Institute has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1MIT CSAIL1× joint
Most recent
Honda Research Institute on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Bernhard Sendhoff CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Honda Research Institute.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Honda Research Institute in third-party press
Peers
189 peers across 2 segments. Every Honda Research Institute competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIRdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Alsodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aseon Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Honda Research Institute has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1MIT CSAIL1× joint
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Honda Research Institute.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Honda Research Institute from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Honda Research Institute and BlueQubit Achieve Quantum Image Classification Milestone - The Quantum Insider
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Sit down, Asimo: Honda's Haru robot is here to help the kids - Driven Car Guide
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Honda’s Haru Is a Cute New Robot Made Cheer Up Kids in Hospitals - The Drive
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Honda Introduces AI-powered Social Robot, Haru, to University Hospital in Spain - Honda Global
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Honda Research Institute (HRI) Japan and EEMCS collaborate on human-centred computing for intelligent communication and social interaction - TU Delft
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UBC engineers develop breakthrough ‘robot skin’ in collaboration with Honda researchers - UBC News
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HEARBO Robot Has Superhearing - IEEE Spectrum
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Honda's Haru Offers New Potential for Emotive, Expressive, and Empathetic Human-Robot Interaction - Hackster.io
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Meet Haru, the Unassuming Big-Eyed Robot Helping Researchers Study Social Robotics - IEEE Spectrum
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Allen School roboticists and Honda Research Institute are on a quest to create a Curious Minded Machine - Allen School News
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Honda Research Institute Launches "Curious Minded Machine" Research Collaboration with MIT, University of Pennsylvania and University of Washington - Honda Newsroom
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Haru: An Experimental Social Robot From Honda Research - IEEE Spectrum
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/honda-research-institute.md
- RSS feed: /companies/honda-research-institute/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7cc98aaa-f9ca-4797-ab4a-2243bb233973
- Revision history: /companies/honda-research-institute/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today unveiled an all-new ASIMO equipped with the world's first autonomous behavior control technology. With a further advance in autonomy
https://www.face-the-robot.com You like to design characters, avatars and interaction? Honda Research Institute Europe is looking for an unique design for th
Collaborators: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation Source: Honda. The BMI technology uses electroence
Watch the 360° Video of the Living Lab at Honda Research Institute Europe to get a better idea of the current setup and aesthetic. Take part at the online chal
Honda's new Robot technology gives a helping hand. 🙌 #thelab #honda #robot #technology --- La nouvelle technologie Robot de Honda donne un coup de main. 🙌
HRI-EU conducts research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Our latest system enables us to explore the full potential of Augmented Reality (AR)
With our demo at the CHI2023, we were able to show our robot demonstration to many conference participants - we had great discussions about robot learning as we
Honda Research Institute in Japan along with its collaborators; Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation clai
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Honda Research Institute draws attention at the 67th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 7, 2026