The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Honda: 3 models, 6 deployments across 2 regions. 10 sources back the record.
CategoryExoskeletons
Appears inHome robots
Overview
Honda motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese automotive and mobility manufacturer based in Tokyo, developing the ASIMO humanoid robot, mobility exoskeletons, and autonomous lawn mowers. Honda's robotics research has pioneered bipedal walking technology and assistive exoskeletons for walking rehabilitation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Robotic hand development
ASIMO retirement
Field testing
Data & sources
Patent documents
8
Web sources
2
10 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Miimo HRM 520
The Miimo HRM 520 is a robotic lawn mower manufactured by Honda. It is a commercial product designed for automated lawn maintenance.
Current platform
Miimo 2200i
The Miimo 2200i is a robotic lawn mower manufactured by Honda. It is designed to autonomously maintain lawns. The model is in the commercial maturity stage.
Current platform
Honda Walking Assist Device
Lightweight (~6 lb) powered exoskeleton worn around torso/waist/thighs that assists hip flexion/extension for gait rehab; two motors on a single battery. Received US FDA Premarket Notification. Honest status: leased in Japan via ~250 rehab clinics; not yet offered outside Japan.
Partnerships
Every company Honda has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1GAC Group1× joint4 total
Most recent
- GAC Group x Honda (Joint Venture)1998-07-01with GAC Groupoperating
Honda on the deployment map
View the global map6 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Honda's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalHonda Walking Assist Device at Japan, Asia →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalHonda Walking Assist Device at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalMiimo HRM 520 at Japan, Asia →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalMiimo HRM 520 at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalMiimo 2200i at Japan, Asia →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalMiimo 2200i at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
View the full Honda deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (9)
- Toshihiro Akiwa President, Honda R&DIR-verified
- Toshihiro Mibe Director, President & Representative Executive Officer (Global CEO)
- Eiji Fujimura President & CEO, American HondaIR-verified
- Toshihiro Mibe President & CEOIR-verified
- Mahito Shikama Chief Transformation OfficerIR-verified
- Fumiya Kokubu Chairperson of the BoardIR-verified
- Kazuhiro Takizawa Chief Officer, Automobile OperationsIR-verified
- Noriya Kaihara EVP & Representative Executive OfficerIR-verified
- Masao Kawaguchi Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
Founders (1)
- Soichiro Hondano longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Soichiro Honda Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Honda.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Honda6 deployments
Recent coverage
Honda in third-party press
Peers
28 peers across 1 segment. Every Honda competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
exoskeleton(28)
23 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5009.45179584121) · leader Hypershell at 5217%
- Sarcos Roboticsadjacent competitor(reported)weak
- SuitX (US Bionics)adjacent competitor(reported)weak
- ATOUNdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Againer Skidirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- B-TEMIAdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Bionik Laboratoriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Honda has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- GAC Group x Honda (Joint Venture)1998-07-01with GAC Groupoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1GAC Group1× joint4 total
Patent estate (8)
- US7877165B2usptograntedgranted 2011-02-01assignee
- US8433661B2usptograntedgranted 2013-05-07assignee
- US20140251702A1usptopendingassignee
- US20120083959A1usptopendingassignee
- US10232508B2usptograntedgranted 2019-03-19assignee
- US11342222B2usptograntedgranted 2022-05-24assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Honda’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Maxon Motor
2026-08-23Supply: Precision motors for Honda robotics from Maxon Motor
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: GPU for Honda AI robotics from NVIDIA
New supplierNew supplier: Renesas Electronics
2026-08-23Supply: Renesas MCU for Honda from Renesas Electronics
New supplierNew supplier: Qualcomm
2026-08-23Supply: Qualcomm for Honda from Qualcomm
New supplierNew supplier: LG Energy Solution
2026-08-23Supply: LG EV cells for Honda from LG Energy Solution
New supplierNew supplier: CATL
2026-08-23Supply: CATL cells for Honda from CATL
New supplierNew supplier: Kawasaki Heavy Industries
2026-08-23Supply: Kawasaki robots for Honda from Kawasaki Heavy Industries
New supplierNew supplier: Yaskawa Electric
2026-08-23Supply: Yaskawa Motoman for Honda from Yaskawa Electric
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Honda Walking Assist Devices overview
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Honda Walking Assist Device at Japan, Asia
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Honda Walking Assist Device at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Miimo HRM 520 at Japan, Asia
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Honda.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Segway-Ninebot6 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
- Husqvarna Automower5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Honda from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Honda hits pause on NA factory amid US-Canada trade war
Ongoing USMCA trade disputes have made a new North American factory less attractive to Honda, and a decision must be made soon. By Will Girling The post Honda hits pause on NA…
The cheapest new cars to own in America are THESE retro-styled EVs
A study of 50 new cars found that the compact but stylish Fiat 500e was America’s cheapest car to own and drive, beating out the Honda Civic Hybrid by nearly $1,300 per year. And…
Over 1.1 million GM vehicles, including EVs, are under NHTSA investigation
More than 1.1 million GM vehi cles are now under a broader investigation after drivers reported losing brake assist, including several EVs and models built for Honda.
For Lagging Automakers: Stop Pouring Money Into The Wrong Powertrains
If you’re a company like Honda, Toyota, GM, Ford, Nissan, or any other volume manufacturer that’s still playing catchup on electrification, the next few years will decide whether…
Deep Sleep with CircuitPython #CircuitPythonDay
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Today is CircuitPython Day 2026! Live stream schedule #CircuitPythonDay2026
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Software-Defined Vehicle Newsletter – August 17 2026
Honda reportedly outsources development of a new vehicle platform, Stoneridge targets centralized commercial vehicle architectures, and Tier IV plans an open-source Level 4…
Honda’s new ‘Avatar’ humanoid robot suggests the spirit of ASIMO is very much alive
Whatever happened to ASIMO? Honda’s famous humanoid robot (pictured below with what we believe is an actual human female) disappeared from public view several years ago, just…
Bloomberg: Honda taps Tata firm for new vehicle platform
India’s growing credibility as a software and engineering hub could help Honda lower its costs while advancing its electrification strategy. By Stewart Burnett The post Bloomberg:…
Honda Xcelerator backs Quemix’s quantum computing work
Honda's Quemix investment signals quantum computing is moving from research labs toward real automotive materials development The post Honda Xcelerator backs Quemix’s quantum…
Honda outsources new vehicle program to Tata Technologies to cut costs
The farming out of this function marks a departure for Honda, which has typically kept development of core vehicle platforms largely in-house or within its supplier network.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/honda.md
- RSS feed: /companies/honda/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/61128de5-ef4c-438f-8320-e35d5513719c
- Revision history: /companies/honda/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- Mammotion7 models
- Segway-Ninebot6 models
- Dreame Technology5 models
- Husqvarna Automower5 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Honda draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the 82nd percentile among exoskeletons. Hype Gap +13.2, 20th widest among exoskeletons.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 6 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
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: Aug 29, 2026