The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Innophys: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
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Regional ecosystem
Innophys is one of 177 verified robotics companies in Japan →
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Units sold
Military
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Innophys has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1SC Bunzl Romania1× joint
Most recent
Innophys on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where Innophys's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Innophys deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Masaru Yoda President and CEOsecondary-verified
- Naotaka Otogawa CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Innophys.
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)
- Innophys1 deployment
Recent coverage
Innophys in third-party press
Peers
26 peers across 1 segment. Every Innophys competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
exoskeleton(26)
23 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5009.45179584121) · leader Hypershell at 5217%
- ATOUNdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Againer Skidirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- B-TEMIAdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Bionik Laboratoriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Cyberdynedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Daiya Industry Co., Ltd.direct competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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 Innophys has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1SC Bunzl Romania1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Innophys x SC Bunzl RomaniawithSC Bunzl Romaniadistribution—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
Muscle Suit Every at Tokyo, Japan
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Innophys.Peer companies
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
- Honda3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Ascentiz2 models
- DIH Medical2 models
- Ekso Bionics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Innophys from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force procures Innophys muscle suits
Japan Air Self-Defense Force procured powered exoskeleton muscle suits from Tokyo startup Innophys for military use.
Innophys: 20,000+ Muscle Suit units sold with Bic Camera distribution
Innophys has sold over 20,000 units of the Muscle Suit, with Bic Camera retail distribution and expansion to Slovakia and Czech Republic.
Hyundai Motor and Kia unveil X-ble Shoulder industrial wearable robot - Notebookcheck
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Innophys expands sales of Muscle Suit exoskeletons to Romania - Notebookcheck
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Innophys: Flexing Their Muscles With Exoskeletons - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
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Innophys: Flexing Their Muscles With Exoskeletons — 16,000+ Sold
Japan-based Innophys has sold more than 16,000 of its powerful exoskeleton muscle suits designed to assist the lower back.
Innophys Surpasses 10,000 Exoskeletons Sold - Exoskeleton Report
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Muscle Suit Every by Innophys Awarded ISO 13482 Certification - Exoskeleton Report
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Muscle Suit Every by Innophys Awarded ISO 13482 Certification
Innophys Muscle Suit Every becomes first exoskeleton assist suit to receive ISO 13482 safety certification.
Japanese exoskeleton developer Innophys raises $32.4M - BRIDGE（ブリッジ）
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The Elderly in Japan are Using Exoskeletons to Delay Retirement - Futurism
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New wearable robot developed to help workers carry heavy items - 毎日新聞
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/innophys.md
- RSS feed: /companies/innophys/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ed8f6ab7-46e7-46a9-ae41-cf8ef4df7478
- Revision history: /companies/innophys/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
- Honda3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Ascentiz2 models
- DIH Medical2 models
- Ekso Bionics2 models
Video
The Muscle Suit Interview Innophys: https://innophys.jp/en/ Robot Philosophy: https://philipenglish.com/the-muscle-suit-by-innophys/ Sponsor: Robot Center: htt
Innophys was founded in 2013 and develops exoskeleton products backed by the research of Tokyo University of Science. This presentation introduces the company a
There just wasn't enough time to talk to everyone at A+A ExoPark Düsseldorf 2025. These are some of the exoskeleton products by Innophys. #exoskeleton #workers
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Allison Sheridan interviews Yaji Yu from INNOPHYS about their Muscle Suit wearable exoskeleton. The Muscle Suit is an assistive suit that helps lighten the load
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L’exosquelette MUSCLE SUIT développé par la société INNOPHYS au Japon fera définitivement parti de l’avenir des chantiers de construction et du secteur de l'ind
Spearheading an advanced business diffusion model called the “King Salmon Project” (hereinafter referred to as “this project”) implemented by the Tokyo Metropol
Come and visit us at MecSpe in Bologna and test for yourself our Muscle Suit Every. Up to 25kg of Assisted force, it can make your working day easier or helped
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Reality vs attention
Innophys draws attention at the 46th percentile but verifies reality at the 17th percentile among exoskeletons. Hype Gap +29.7, 12th widest among exoskeletons.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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