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Warm Physical AI
Building Humanoids
for Care.
From the field
Built in the real world — not only in the lab.
Footage from our development work in a working laundry room.
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Initial focusLaundry
Loading and unloading real washers in a real laundry room.
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Initial focusFolding
Two arms handling soft, deformable garments.
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PlatformHuman-scale
Sized to share hallways and rooms with people.
Approach
We don’t replace caregivers.
We give them back time.
Laundry→Facility tasks→Multi-task Physical AI for care
Perception
Understand people, objects, space, and the state of the work.
Action
Move, handle, and carry in shared, human spaces.
Oversight
Defined boundaries. Humans approve and intervene.
Company
- Company
- Ontaru, Inc.
Physical AI / Care Robotics - Locations
- San Francisco, US
Kyoto, Japan - Founder
- Shion Nagano
- Contact
- contact@ontaru.com
Hiring: Robotics / Field Eng. / AI
Pilot with Ontaru
Let’s find one workflow worth automating.
We work with care operators in the U.S. and Japan. Start with a 30–60 minute conversation or a site visit.

