🔬 Government#27 Tokyo, Japan· Est. 2001
AIST — National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Japan's largest public research organization and developer of the HRP humanoid series and PARO therapeutic robot seal. AIST's robot safety standards are used worldwide.
humanoid robotseldercare robotssafety standardsHRIservice robots
Notable achievements
HRP-1 through HRP-5P humanoids, PARO therapy robot (FDA cleared Class II device), robot safety testing center, eldercare robot standards.
Notable work
HRP humanoid seriesPARO therapy robot
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
LOCOMOTION
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Impact of the pectoral fin geometry on the gliding performance of flying fish robot
Shihao Ran, Junhao Wang, Kexian Liu +7 more
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
MANIPULATION
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An Embodied Simulation Platform, Benchmark, and Data-Efficient Augmentation Framework for Wet-Lab Robotics
Zhe Liu, Huanbo Jin, Zhaohui Du +8 more
2026
LOCOMOTION
Open access
Learning Slope-Adaptive Whole-Body Locomotion for Humanoid Robots in Roofing Construction
Songyang Liu, Shuai Li
2026
LEARNING
Open access
Learning Diverse Humanoid Tasks via Synthetic Video Scenarios without Real World Data
Yun-Hao Tsai, Cong-Thanh Vu, Yen-Chen Liu
2026
SURGICAL
Humanoid robots in the operating room: a framework for staged integration of embodied AI in surgery.
Kernbach JM, Brat G, Topol EJ +1 more
NPJ digital medicine · 2026
HRI
Service Robots as Work Support for Health Personnel in Long-Term Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
Losada-Floriano D, Thygesen E, Sanfilippo F +2 more
JMIR research protocols · 2026