Waseda University / JST Moonshot program · research humanoid
Hadaly-2
An interactive humanoid with a small head, two arms with large claw-like hands and a torso on a two-wheeled trolley, built in Waseda's humanoid project alongside WABIAN to study how robots and people communicate. It reacted in a human way, for example squinting, blinking and turning away when a light was shone in its eyes.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
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- Speed
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- Battery
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Why it matters
A retired humanoid from Waseda University (Humanoid Project).
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Waseda University / JST Moonshot programUniversity lab · founded 1882 · Tokyo, JapanGovernment research funding through the JST Moonshot programme (amount not stated).
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
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base
Lineage
Every Waseda University (Humanoid Project) humanoid in order.
WABOT-11973Retired
WABOT-21984Retired- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHadaly-21997Retired
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useWABIAN1997Retired
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useWE-4RII2004Retired
WABIAN-22006Retired
TWENDY-ONE2007Research
KOBIAN2009Research- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useWaseda Flutist Robot WF-4RVI2011Retired
- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useAIREC (Dry-AIREC)2025Research
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 useHadaly-2Waseda University (Humanoid Project) |  RobovieATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International), Hiroshi Ishiguro's groupSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 1997 | 2001 |
| Status | Retired | Retired |
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| Weight | — | — |
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| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | $125,000 |
Sources
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