GMO opened roughly half of the site on April 7 and activated the remaining floor space on October 6. The expansion adds a development area with vibration-isolated flooring and a large overhead crane, a combined development and conference space accommodating as many as 100 people, additional offices for GMO AI & Robotics Corporation and new meeting rooms.
The facility houses Unitree humanoids and other advanced robots alongside testing and development equipment. Work at the site is divided among three GMO businesses. GMO Internet Group researchers will evaluate and implement robotics research; GMO AI & Robotics will handle hardware sourcing, deployment planning and use-case development; and GMO Various Robotics will develop robot-control systems, solutions and field trials.
GMO describes the facility as one of Japan’s largest Physical AI research hubs and plans to use it for joint work with engineers, researchers and commercial partners. The “one of Japan’s largest” designation is based on GMO’s own web research and has not been independently validated.
The opening completes a development announced in April rather than establishing an entirely new operation. The material change is that the second half of the floor is now operational, providing the lab with its full development, testing and event capacity. Japanese robotics publication RobotStart separately reported the completed opening and the facility’s operating structure.
