Toyota Research Institute Punyo
Soft squishy upper-body robot for whole-body manipulation research. Released Feb 2024.
Official page on punyo.tech33
Robo2u Score
91 cm
Height
Robo2u Score (0 to 100) = 35% maturity + 30% capability (DoF and payload, percentile vs the field) + 15% recency + 10% runtime + 10% availability. A spec the maker doesn't publish scores below the median. Computed from the columns shown. Scored against other humanoid robots.
Specifications
| Maker | Toyota Research Institute |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Humanoid |
| Category | Research |
| Origin |  Japan |
| Status | Research |
| Released | Feb 2024 |
| Height | 91 cm |
| AI / compute | Learned sensorimotor policies via Diffusion Policy and Example-Guided Reinforcement Learning (trained from human teleop demonstrations using camera + tactile bubble feedback); no dedicated onboard VLA/compute stack disclosed |
Not yet published by the maker or not yet verified: weight, payload, degrees of freedom, top speed, runtime, price.
Sources
Added to the database 2026-07-01. Dataset updated 2026-09-24. Also available as JSON at /api/robots.
