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RetiredSucceeded by Human Support Robot (HSR) Japan

Toyota Research Institute · research humanoid

Toyota Partner Robot

running humanoid

An updated bipedal Partner Robot shown running at 7 km/h on flat ground in July 2009.

Price: —Not published
Height: —Not published
Weight: —Not published
Payload: —Not published
Speed: 7.0 km/hFaster than 75%
Battery: —Not published

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Why it matters

Ran at 7 km/h, faster than ASIMO's 6 km/h at the time.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown: 2009-07
Released: Not yet

Toyota demonstration

Maker

Toyota Research InstituteCompany · founded 2016 · Los Altos, California, United States

Toyota subsidiary; launched with $1 billion over five years.

How it stacks up

Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Toyota Partner Robot (running humanoid) is faster than 75% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Speed 7.0 km/h 0.1 km/h36.0 km/h #31 of 123 · faster than 75%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.

756 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Toyota Partner Robot)
1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Hands: dexterous
Movement: Walks on legs
Other details: Toyota's July 2009 video showed the humanoid running at about 7 km/h; walking and running worked only on flat ground.

Lineage

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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
Sold or delivered: Never sold.
Where it is sold or used: Japan

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

2009-07-31
Toyota running robot
Runs at 7 km/h.
Engadget

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

Full comparison

Measure	Toyota Partner Robot (running humanoid)Toyota Motor Corporation	HUBO 2 (KHR-4)KAIST Hubo Lab (Jun-Ho Oh)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots	DARwIn-OPROBOTIS (with Virginia Tech, University of Pennsylvania and Purdue University)Same job: research · Both walk · Both past robots	Surena IIUniversity of Tehran, Center for Advanced VehiclesSame job: research · Both walk · Both past robots
First shown	2009-07	2008	2010	2010-07-03
Status	Retired	Discontinued	Discontinued	Retired
Height	—	125 cm	46 cm	145 cm
Weight	—	45 kg	2.9 kg	45 kg
Joints	—	41	20	22
Speed	7 km/h	3.6 km/h	0.9 km/h	0.1 km/h
Payload	—	—	—	—
Battery	—	2 h	—	—
Price	—	$400,000	$12,000	—

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Engadget Toyota running robot

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