Sony Group Corporation · care humanoid
HANAMOFLOR
'Hana-chan'
A child-shaped care robot (83 cm, about 20 kg) that moves around care-home living rooms keeping watch over residents, chatting, singing, leading quizzes and mouth exercises, taking temperatures and relaying family calls, using Sony face recognition and dialogue tuned for people with dementia. Its mobility method is not stated in the sources; commercialisation has not been decided.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 83 cmTaller than 5%
- Weight
- 20 kgHeavier than 9%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from Sony Group.
Real-world use
Trialled since 2019 with a special nursing home in Kawasaki; on long-term display at Miraikan (Tokyo) from November 2023; Sony was seeking business partners in late 2025.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Sony Group CorporationCompany · founded 1946 · Tokyo, Japanpublic company (TYO: 6758; NYSE: SONY)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
HANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan') is taller than 5% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan') is heavier than 9% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for HANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan') and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention HANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan') gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories 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
- Child-shaped body with simple arms used for gestures; no grasping hands described.
- Sensors & vision
- Uses Sony face recognition to find residents and check eye contact before talking; takes residents' temperatures. Camera and sensor models not published.
- AI & software
- Sony's own face-recognition and dialogue technology, tuned to approach slowly and confirm a person's reaction before speaking (aimed at people with dementia); runs preset conversation, singing, quiz and mouth-exercise programmes and can relay calls from family.
- Other details
- About 83 cm tall and about 20 kg; moves around care-home living rooms on its own. Development began in 2019 with help from a special nursing home in Kawasaki.
Lineage
Every Sony Group humanoid in order.
SDR-3X2000Retired
QRIO (SDR-4X)2002Discontinued- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan')2023Prototype
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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
- Development units only; Sony has said no sale or mass-production plan has been decided
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Developed by Sony Group in Japan
- Customers and pilots
- Trials at a special nursing home in Kawasaki (including Yomiuriland Hana House in 2023); on long-term display at Miraikan, Tokyo, from November 2023; shown at CareTEX'24 with Sony Marketing inviting care homes to join trials
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Sony to show HANAMOFLOR at CareTEX'24
Sony Marketing said it would exhibit the care robot as a reference item at CareTEX in Tokyo on 12-14 March 2024 and invited care homes to join trials.
Sony Marketing (BRAVIA Business) - Sony care robot 'Hana-chan' goes on show at Miraikan
Sony put the 83 cm, 20 kg care robot on long-term display in Tokyo and said commercial release and mass production were undecided.
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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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan')Sony Group |  NyokkeyKawasaki Heavy IndustriesSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both in development |  GRWFourierSame job: care · Both on wheels · Both in development | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useEnaEnactic Inc.Same job: care · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-11-22 | 2022-03 | 2026-07-17 | 2026-03 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 83 cm | — | 165 cm | — |
| Weight | 20 kg | — | 160 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — | 29 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | 16 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | 4 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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