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SoftBank Robotics

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · softbankrobotics.com

SoftBank Robotics develops and sells service robots for cleaning, food preparation, serving, delivery, retail and hospitality, including Whiz and Pepper.

Robotics · watchlist · score 71Humanoids · watchlist · score 52

Positioning

SoftBank Robotics is a Japanese-French service-robotics integrator and distributor (Gausium cleaning robots, Keenon-type service robots) that also fields its own solutions, including the STEAMA/FLAMA autonomous cooking robots debuting in the US in May 2026. It expanded a flagship floor-care program to 200+ robots across 25 airports (August 2026), acquired GCC for a Smart Building X facilities platform (March 2026), and added Matternet and Direct Supply partnerships. Revenue, its own-IP share versus resale, and the Pepper/legacy wind-down status are undisclosed.

Latest signals

  • SoftBank Robotics and SJ Group partnered on AI-enabled facilities management pilots in Singapore.Tech in Asia
  • SoftBank Robotics’ Whiz robots have cleaned 8 million kilometers of floor space worldwide.SoftBank Robotics
  • SoftBank Robotics’ Whiz V delivers approximately 2.4 times the cleaning efficiency of the Whiz i.SoftBank Robotics
  • SoftBank Robotics launched SmartBX to combine humans, robots, AI, sensors, and data for facility management.SoftBank Robotics
  • SoftBank Robotics supported TELEXISTANCE’s commercialization of the TX SCARA shelf-restocking robot in Japan.SoftBank Robotics

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Facts, with sources

  • SoftBank Robotics launched SmartBX to combine humans, robots, AI, sensors, and data for facility management.Partnership · SoftBank Robotics
  • SoftBank Robotics and NEC Platforms are developing a restaurant system linking tray robots, POS, seating, and ordering systems.Partnership · SoftBank Robotics
  • 2.4Product launch · SoftBank Robotics
  • [object Object]Revenue band · SoftBank Robotics

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production4
Commercials6
Progress10
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower8
Leverage6

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Questions this page answers

What does SoftBank Robotics do?

SoftBank Robotics develops and sells service robots for cleaning, food preparation, serving, delivery, retail and hospitality, including Whiz and Pepper. SoftBank Robotics is a Japanese-French service-robotics integrator and distributor (Gausium cleaning robots, Keenon-type service robots) that also fields its own solutions, including the STEAMA/FLAMA autonomous cooking robots debuting in the US in May 2026. It expanded a flagship floor-care program to 200+ robots across 25 airports (August 2026), acquired GCC for a Smart Building X facilities plat

Where does SoftBank Robotics rank in robotics?

SoftBank Robotics is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 71 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is SoftBank Robotics based and when was it founded?

SoftBank Robotics is based in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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