ugo Nova
Japan's national general-purpose humanoid, in prototype.
Projected configuration
A speculative variant not yet officially announced by ugo. Specs are our estimates and imagery reflects the base platform.
hopefully coming soon
Illustrative only. Real financing terms depend on unit, buyer profile, and maker's approved lender network.
Japan's national general-purpose humanoid, in prototype.
ugo Nova is a Japanese-made wheeled semi-humanoid unveiled September 16, 2026 — ugo's move from security-and-inspection service robots into general-purpose factory work. It pairs a humanoid upper body (a two-DoF head, a four-axis waist, and two seven-DoF arms with two-finger gripping claws — 22 degrees of freedom in all) with a four-wheel mecanum base, rather than walking on legs. A height-adjustable body (126–162 cm) plus a 350 mm lift and 843 mm arm reach let it pick and place across shelves and workstations built for people; it carries up to 10 kg across both arms and runs about six hours per charge. Compute is an NVIDIA Jetson Thor, with a head stereo camera and an RGB camera on each hand. Nova is developed under Japan's national program for domestically produced general-purpose robots — backed by the NEDO agency and the AI Robot Association — and sits at the center of ugo's 'Physical AI Fabric,' a data-to-model pipeline that collects work data and retrains the robot over time. It is a prototype today, targeting factory kitting, inter-process transport, and light assembly, with mass production planned for 2027; there is no public price yet.
- ◆Wheeled semi-humanoid: 22 DoF (2-DoF head, 4-axis waist, dual 7-DoF arms)
- ◆Height-adjustable 126–162 cm; 843 mm reach + 350 mm lift; ~100 kg
- ◆Carries up to 10 kg (dual-arm); ~6 h runtime; NVIDIA Jetson Thor
- ◆Backed by Japan's NEDO agency and the AI Robot Association (AIRoA)
- ◆Prototype now; mass production targeted for 2027 (no public price)
ugo, Inc. (ugo株式会社) is a Tokyo-based robotics company founded in 2018 as Mira Robotics and renamed ugo in 2021, led by co-founder and CEO Ken Matsui. It built its business on Japanese-made 'business DX' service robots — the ugo mini inspection robot and the dual-arm, height-adjustable ugo Pro used for security, facility inspection, and multilingual reception — sold via robots-as-a-service and managed through the ugo Platform fleet system. In September 2026 it unveiled Nova, a domestically produced general-purpose semi-humanoid developed under Japan's national push for home-grown robots, backed by the NEDO agency and the AI Robot Association (AIRoA).
ugo Nova in motion
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