Genki Robotics Shows Humanoid Prototype to Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
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Genki Robotics, the Tokyo humanoid startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, showed its robot in public for the first time on 12 November during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister’s Office. The company said the displayed unit was a newly assembled product prototype: its parts arrived on Friday, it was assembled over the weekend, and it took its first steps on Monday. Genki was represented by CEO Rubin and CTO Koichi Nishiwaki. The full-size biped stood on a fixed support; video showed it walking and performing tabletop work.
The appearance placed Genki’s prototype within Japan’s government push to advance physical AI, designated as one of 17 strategic fields in its growth plan. The government is targeting a 30% global share and a 20 trillion yen (about $130 billion) market by 2040. Takaichi called for large-scale, strategic public- and private-sector adoption and asked economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi to include support measures in the growth strategy due at year-end. Genki said it designs its hardware, including joint components and cameras, and aims to draw on Japan’s component technologies, manufacturing base, and supply chains.
Genki said it has completed several prototype rounds and is building its first product model toward the end of the year. Its stated target capabilities include walking on flat ground and stairs, patrolling, and carrying objects. The company is also talking with Japanese telecom operators about connecting the robot to domestic mobile networks; no agreement or deployment timeline was disclosed. Genki described an ambition to build an open humanoid platform that developers can participate in.
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