The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies UNAM Biorobotics Lab: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
Overview
The UNAM Biorobotics Lab is a research laboratory at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) School of Engineering, founded in 1997 by Dr. Jesús Savage Carmona. The lab develops service robots — including Justina, a domestic service robot, and the Toyota HSRB-based Takeshi — and competes in the RoboCup @Home and Logistics leagues as team Pumas.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Director
Affiliation
Competitions
Type
Notable Robots
RoboCup 2012
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company UNAM Biorobotics Lab has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Most recent
UNAM Biorobotics Lab on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jesús Savage Carmona Founder & Director, Bio-Robotics Laboratorysecondary-verified
- Marco Negrete Researcher & Team Leader, Pumas DSPLsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for UNAM Biorobotics Lab.
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
UNAM Biorobotics Lab in third-party press
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
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
Every company UNAM Biorobotics Lab has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
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 (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-24
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-24
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for UNAM Biorobotics Lab.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning UNAM Biorobotics Lab from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Semantic reasoning in service robots using expert systems: Implementation in robot Justina
Peer-reviewed paper by Savage et al. describing VIRBOT, a semantic reasoning system implemented in the Justina service robot for task planning and environment understanding.
Justina, robot de servicio creado en la UNAM
Coverage of the Justina service robot demonstration by Jesús Savage Carmona at the 25th anniversary of the Masters in Intelligence program at Universidad Veracruzana.
Second and third-place wins for robotics team at RoboCup
UNAM's Pumas team, led by Jesús Savage, won second place in the OPL Service Robot and DSPL Toyota Service Robot categories at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal with robots Justina and…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/unam-biorobotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/unam-biorobotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/49d0e8fc-ab42-4b0c-9c16-029d86ca410e
- Revision history: /companies/unam-biorobotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
Las escuadras del Laboratorio de Biorrobótica de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNAM ganaron las categorías Home y Logistics en la RoboCup 2023. #noticiasmile
Alumnos del posgrado de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNAM se concentran en perfeccionar el funcionamiento de un humanoide programado para competencias nacion
This video is about the service robot Justina made by the Pumas Team from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. As a part of one of the main projects o
Robot Justina performing a clean-up test with successful object recognition. The battery drains out during the test.
Video to show our current research in the General Purpose Service Robot Justina, this is a compilation of tests in RoboCup@home League.
Video to show our current research in the General Purpose Service Robot Justina, this is a compilation of tests in RoboCup@home League.
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
UNAM Biorobotics Lab draws attention at the 27th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among service robots.
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 6, 2026