AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Exhibition Opens in Chiba, With 30 Organizations From Japan and Abroad Exhibiting

An exhibition featuring the latest AI-powered humanoid robots opened at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on November 11, 2026. NHK reported that 30 companies and organizations from Japan and abroad exhibited humanoid robots and other items.

The exhibition of humanoid robots and other items by 30 companies and organizations from Japan and abroad at Makuhari Messe provided an opportunity to see robots from multiple exhibitors at the same event. However, NHK’s report did not provide information on real-world operations or the number of units deployed. That limits how far the scale of the exhibition can be taken as evidence of progress toward practical use.

The scale confirmed by the report is that 30 companies and organizations from Japan and abroad took part in the exhibition at Makuhari Messe. The report described it as an exhibition featuring the “latest humanoid robots,” but did not specify the participants, the specifications of each robot or whether the exhibits were at the demonstration or commercial deployment stage. The number of exhibits therefore cannot be taken as a direct measure of progress toward commercialization or mass production. It is important first to distinguish what was presented at the exhibition from robots operating in real-world environments. This distinction shows that “exhibiting” a robot and “operating” it in the field are not the same. In Amazon Japan unveils large logistics facility in Amagasaki, we reported that about 3,000 robots had been deployed at the facility. NHK’s report on this exhibition describes humanoid robots and other exhibits, but does not indicate any connection in model or use between them and the robots operating at the Amagasaki facility. Comparing them requires separately confirming the uses and operational status of the robots shown at the exhibition, rather than counting both as the same kind of deployment record. From an industrial perspective, the participation of 30 organizations shows that multiple parties had a venue to exhibit humanoid robots. But the report does not allow comparisons of the robots’ control systems, tasks, operating hours, production scale or deployment sites. It is difficult to assess technology levels or market adoption based only on the number of exhibits. The next things to verify are what the exhibited robots can do and whether information has been published on their real-world operating records, safety, maintenance systems and mass-production status. Without such information, it is not possible to judge the gap between exhibition announcements and the ability to operate continuously.