RIKEN · care humanoid
RIBA
Robot for Interactive Body Assistance
A soft, bear-faced care robot with sensor-covered arms that cradled patients up to 61 kg; it followed RIKEN's earlier RI-MAN. Robot weight is from HospiMedica.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 180 kgHeavier than 96%
- Payload
- 61 kgCarries more than 98%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Billed by RIKEN as the world's first robot able to lift a person from a bed to a wheelchair and back.
Real-world use
RIKEN-TRI Collaborative Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research, Nagoya
Maker
RIKENGovernment lab · founded 1917 · Wakō, Saitama, JapanAlmost entirely government funded; annual budget about JPY 100 billion (US$750 million) in FY2023.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) is heavier than 96% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) carries more than 98% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Hands
- Human-like arms with high-precision tactile sensors used to lift patients up to 61 kg.
- Sensors & vision
- Tactile sensing with RIKEN's sensor and information-processing technology.
- Materials & build
- Soft urethane-foam exterior for patient safety; materials technology from Tokai Rubber Industries.
- Other details
- Moves patients between bed and wheelchair; successor to RI-MAN.
Lineage
Every RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries humanoid in order.
Watch RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance)
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- research prototype
- Sold or delivered
- never sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan
- Customers and pilots
- RIKEN-TRI Collaborative Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research, Nagoya
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- RIKEN unveils RIBA care robot
RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries announced a robot that lifts patients from bed to wheelchair.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance)RIKEN and Tokai Rubber Industries |  Robovie-R Ver.3Vstone and ATRSame job: care · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  CoseroUniversity of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group, team NimbRo@Home)Same job: care · Both on wheels · Both past robots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSmartPal VIIYaskawa ElectricSame job: care · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2009-08-27 | 2010-04-16 | 2010-09 | 2011-11 |
| Status | Retired | Discontinued | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 120 cm | — | — |
| Weight | 180 kg | 43 kg | — | — |
| Joints | — | 17 | 30 | — |
| Speed | — | 2.5 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | 61 kg | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $41,000 | — | — |
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