Company

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics

www.riken.jp

ROBIEAR care robot for elderly.

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HQ: Kobe, Japan
Status: private

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics: 1 model. 1 source back the record.

Models

Overview

ROBIEAR care robot for elderly. Japanese national lab. Biosystems research.. Headquarters: Kobe, Japan. Status: private. Type: hardware.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Kobe, Japan

Status

research

Type

hardware

Institution

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Product

ROBIEAR — care robot for elderly assistance

Focus

Biosystems dynamics, care robotics, iPS cell research

Partnership

Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Data & sources

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

RIKEN ROBIEAR

RIEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics ROBIEAR care robot for elderly assistance.

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Partnerships

Every company RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

1 total1 operating

Most-frequent partners

1Otsuka Pharmaceutical1× joint

Most recent

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics on the deployment map

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Relationships

OOtsuka PharmaceuticalCo-developer

Current leadership (1)

Makoto Gonokami President (RIKEN)secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics.

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Recent coverage

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics in third-party press

Simultaneous Synthesis Of All 21 Types Of tRNA In Vitro - Astrobiology Web

Sep 30, 2025

Unique Brain Plaques Linked to Alzheimer’s Mutation Decoded - Neuroscience News

Nov 18, 2024

Vision Care’s iPS retinal cells primed for global market - bioworld.com

Jan 30, 2024

Peer companies

Roborock20 models
Ecovacs Robotics19 models
SharkNinja14 models
iRobot9 models
Mammotion7 models
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: unknown

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Partnerships

1 total · 1 operating

Every company RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1Otsuka Pharmaceutical1× joint

All 1 partnerships

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RIKEN BDR x Otsuka Pharmaceutical Collaboration
withOtsuka Pharmaceutical
development—
operating

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 9, 2026
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Sources (1)

https://humanoidindex.org/research/riken-robotics

Common questions

What is RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics?

ROBIEAR care robot for elderly. Japanese national lab. Biosystems research.. Headquarters: Kobe, Japan. Status: private. Type: hardware.

What does RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics make?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: RIKEN ROBIEAR (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics builds physical robots).

Is RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics publicly traded?

No. RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics building in the same form factors include Roborock, Ecovacs Robotics, SharkNinja, iRobot.

How can I invest in RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics headquartered?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Who owns RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Where does RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics operate robots?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics 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.

Is RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics ranks in roughly the top 91% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics safe?

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-06

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-09-06

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Roborock20 models
Ecovacs Robotics19 models
SharkNinja14 models
iRobot9 models
Mammotion7 models
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (1)

RIKEN ROBIEAR

Partnerships

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics on the deployment map

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Safety record

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Financial state

Partnerships

All 1 partnerships

Recent activity

Sources (1)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Simultaneous Synthesis Of All 21 Types Of tRNA In Vitro - Astrobiology Web

Unique Brain Plaques Linked to Alzheimer’s Mutation Decoded - Neuroscience News

Vision Care’s iPS retinal cells primed for global market - bioworld.com

Why Japan is building its own version of ChatGPT - Nature

Bruker Advances NMR Magnet Portfolio Innovations - Quality Digest

The next milestones in generating artificial organs - riken.jp

Human-robot-AI teamwork accelerates regenerative medicine - riken.jp

A Cure for Baldness May Lie in Engineering Stem-Cells That Regenerate - Interesting Engineering

Scientists discovered a magical cure for baldness - techexplorist.com

A chemotherapy missile made of DNA target-locks on to cancer cells - Massive Science

Scientists Are Manipulating Living Systems for Improved Machinery - Architect Magazine

Researchers Generate 3D Blastocyst from the Stem Cells of Mice - Interesting Engineering

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Peer companies