ConsortiumJapan
EmplifAI consortium (EmplifAI, Mazda, Airia, Asratec, TASKO)
Consortium led by EmplifAI (CEO Hiroyuki Osone) that built the OpenShell expressive wheeled robot for AIRoA's NEDO-funded domestic robot competition; the only consortium entrant.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2026One year so far
- Headquarters
- Bunkyo-kuTokyo, Japan (EmplifAI)
- Can I buy one?Not on sale yetPrototype, pilot or research robots only
- What is new?2026-09-29EmplifAI details OpenShell
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2026. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for EmplifAI consortium (EmplifAI, Mazda, Airia, Asratec, TASKO)'s robots by the maker or reputable press.
What is new
The latest stories about EmplifAI consortium (EmplifAI, Mazda, Airia, Asratec, TASKO)'s robots, newest first.
- EmplifAI details OpenShell PR TIMES via TechnoEdge · OpenShell
- OpenShell shown at Physical AI Summit note (Kazumichi Moriyama) · OpenShell
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan (EmplifAI)
- Focus
- Open-source data-collection robots with expressive faces
- Partners
- Mazda, Airia, Asratec, TASKO; artist Takayuki Todo (head design); Enactic OpenArm
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in Japan.
- Toyota Research InstituteJapan · 11 models
- Waseda University / JST Moonshot programJapan · 10 models
- JSK Laboratory, University of TokyoJapan · 9 models
- Osaka UniversityJapan · 9 models
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Japan · 7 models
- Kawada Industries (robot business now Kawada Robotics Corporation)Japan · 6 models
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