T-HR3
About
About T-HR3
T-HR3 is Toyota's third-generation humanoid research platform, introduced in 2017. An operator uses the Master Maneuvering System, including wearable controls and a head-mounted display, to command the robot while torque servo modules return force information from its joints.
Toyota specifies 32 body axes plus ten finger axes and a mass of 75 kilograms. T-HR3 demonstrates remote, whole-body humanoid control and force feedback. Toyota presents it as a research platform, with no general commercial availability identified.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: DOCOMO R&D Centre test setup, Yokosuka
- Control modes: Teleoperated
- Bimanual manipulation
Research demonstration - 2018-11-29 - Hold a ball with both hands under remote operator control. - environment: DOCOMO R&D Centre test setup, Yokosuka
Source - Pick and place
Research demonstration - 2018-11-29 - Grasp blocks and stack them into a pile under remote control. - environment: DOCOMO R&D Centre test setup, Yokosuka
Source - Autonomous public interaction
Research demonstration - 2018-11-29 - Shake a person’s hand under remote force-feedback control. - environment: DOCOMO R&D Centre test setup, Yokosuka
Source
Context
Market context
T-HR3 is Toyota's third-generation humanoid robot platform designed for remote operation using a Master Maneuvering System with wearable controls and a head-mounted display (operator sees from the robot's perspective).
- Target environment: Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.
- Workflow context: Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.
- Customer context: Robot developers, research teams, industrial partners and service operators evaluating humanoid systems.
- Deployment model: Prototype or development-stage product with public positioning and limited deployment proof.
- Commercial maturity: Publicly visible but still early, with maturity tied to demos, pilots and later customer evidence.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on safety, useful task coverage, manipulation reliability, operating time, support and proof outside demonstrations.
- Market position: Toyota Motor Corporation positions T-HR3 in the humanoid lane, where body format, autonomy and task evidence determine differentiation.
- Adjacent products: Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Unitree G1, Agility Digit