The data flywheel
for the physical world.

Highlanders is building the data flywheel for Physical AI. We develop humanoid and a foundation-model for physical intelligence, and the robotic fleet that generates the real-world data to train it. One model stack. Many bodies. A compounding data flywheel for the physical world.

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Building superintelligence.

Language models learned from the internet. Physical intelligence has no internet to learn from — the data doesn’t exist until someone puts machines into the world and owns what they experience.

So that’s what we do. We deploy robots into factories, warehouses, and the open world, and every hour they operate makes Kepler smarter. Better software ships back to every body, over the air. The wheel spins faster.

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History

Our history

Every platform below was designed, built, and put on its feet in a single year — from Ninja v1, our first biped, to the HLQ series working in the field. Speed is the moat: every new body spins the flywheel faster.

N — Humanoid
Ninja v1 — first biped
Ninja v1 — first biped
Ninja v2
Ninja v2
HLQ — stand-up test
Semi-Humanoid — testbed
Semi-Humanoid — testbed
HLQ — tracking test
HLQ Air — quadruped
HLQ Air — quadruped
HLQ — payload test
HLQ Pro — in field
HLQ Pro — in field
HLQ — simulation
RL training — simulator
Fleet console
Thermal analysis

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Company Profile

Company Profile

Company
Highlanders, Inc.
Founded
2023
CEO
Hiroya Masuoka
Employees
46 (incl. contractors)
Headquarters
Mimosa Bldg. 3F, 2-11-10 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

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Let’s build the future of humanity

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