At a glance
GMO Internet Group says it fully opened its Humanoid Lab Shibuya Showroom in Tokyo on October 6, 2026. The company describes a shared R&D and demonstration site, but its announcement does not establish commercial deployment or performance.GMO Internet Group
GMO completes the Shibuya humanoid facility
GMO Internet Group says it fully opened the GMO Humanoid Lab Shibuya Showroom on October 6, 2026, at the Cerulean Tower in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. GMO Humanoid Lab Shibuya Showroom The group gives the facility’s total floor area as 382 tsubo, and says about half of the space began operating on April 7, with the remaining area opening in October.GMO Internet Group
The completed site includes a development area and meeting space that can host up to 100 people, according to the announcement.GMO Internet Group GMO describes the facility as bringing together advanced robots, including humanoids from Unitree Robotics, and equipment for research and development.GMO Internet Group
A shared base for research, customer projects and demonstrations
GMO says three group companies work on research and development at the site: GMO Internet Group, GMO AI & Robotics Trading, and GMO Various Robotics.GMO Internet Group The company assigns different roles to the teams, connecting technical exploration with robot selection, customer work and practical demonstrations. R&D and customer-project roles
GMO Internet Group says its engineers and researchers explore technologies through research and implementation of technical papers.GMO Internet Group GMO AI & Robotics Trading is described as selecting and procuring robots, advancing customer projects and developing use cases, while GMO Various Robotics is tasked with advanced robotics research, control technology and on-site demonstrations. robot procurement and demonstrations
Editorial analysis: what the facility could make easier across APAC
The practical significance is not simply that a company has opened a room for robots. A shared location that brings technical work, robot access, customer projects and demonstrations together could make it easier for APAC organizations to examine a complete evaluation process, from selecting a platform to testing a task in a customer setting, without treating a showroom appearance as proof of readiness.
For prospective users, the useful questions are operational: who defines the test task, who controls the robot, what safety procedures apply, and how are failures and changes recorded? Buyers should also ask whether a demonstration reflects a repeatable workflow, whether the robot can be assessed in the intended environment, and what evidence would be needed before a pilot moves toward routine use. These are due-diligence questions, not claims that the facility already provides such outcomes.
What the announcement does not establish
GMO says the site is intended to accelerate the movement of Japanese AI and robotics technology from research toward social implementation.GMO Internet Group That is the company’s stated purpose, not evidence that commercial deployments have been completed, or that a particular robot has demonstrated dependable operation outside the facility.
GMO also describes the facility as one of Japan’s largest physical AI research and development hubs, while noting that the comparison is based on its own web research as of October 6, 2026. company-reported size comparison The announcement does not disclose operating results, robot counts, utilization, tested task performance, safety outcomes or customer deployments; those details should not be assumed absent, but remain unreported in this release. Further reporting should verify how the space is used in practice, what evaluation methods are applied, and whether demonstrations lead to documented customer use cases.
Sources and reporting notes
This account is based on a GMO Internet Group company announcement, not an independent media report. Facility details and the company’s size comparison are attributed to GMO; the announcement does not independently verify performance, reliability or commercial deployment.
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