AIST · Humanoid · 2018
HRP-5P, unveiled by AIST in 2018, is the strongest and most autonomous member of Japan's HRP humanoid series — a prototype construction robot built to take on heavy, hazardous building labour amid Japan's shrinking workforce. At 1,820 mm and 101 kg with 37 DOF (the most in the HRP series: 2 neck, 3 waist, 8 per arm, 6 per leg, 2 per hand), it uses high-power motors — several per joint on heavy-load axes — to autonomously locate, lift and carry large drywall/plaster panels and screw them to walls with power tools. A 3D head sensor maps its surroundings for object detection and navigation. AIST shed the futuristic shells of earlier HRP robots for a purely functional industrial body, positioning HRP-5P as an industry-academia R&D platform for practical humanoid use in constructing buildings and large structures like aircraft and ships. NOTE: full DOF breakdown and mass/height from AIST's official announcement; historic entry, verified figures.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Humanoid |
| Sub-type | Autonomous Construction / Heavy-Labor Humanoid |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2018 |
| Origin | Japan |
| Announced | 2018 |
| Released | 2018 |
| Weight | 101 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 37 |
| Payload | 13 kg |
| Camera | Vision + environment perception suite |
| AI model | Environmental measurement + object recognition (10 object-region types), full-body motion planning & control, task description & execution management, slip correction |
| Actuator type | High-power motors + drive-mechanism cooling; some joints powered by multiple motors; high-power wide-range electric joints |
| Use cases | Autonomous heavy labour, Construction (drywall install), Hazardous-environment work, Industrial-humanoid R&D |
| Made in | Japan |
