Honda

Fact sheet

• Founded in 1948↗ ESG Report↗ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.↗ Honda↗ 1-1 Corporate Profile
• HQ in Minato, Tokyo, Japan↗ ESG Report↗ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.↗ Honda↗ 1-1 Corporate Profile
• Publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange↗ ESG Report↗ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.↗ Honda↗ 1-1 Corporate Profile
• Key products include automobiles, motorcycles, power products, and robotics↗ Chinese Robotics Dominate at Humanoids Summit Tokyo (2026) · 2026-07-18↗ ESG Report↗ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.↗ Honda↗ 1-1 Corporate Profile
• Global operations across 47 countries↗ ESG Report↗ American Honda Motor Company, Inc.↗ Honda↗ 1-1 Corporate Profile
• Core member and investor in Noetra Corp., a Japanese consortium developing a multimodal foundation AI model↗ Noetra Launches Full-Scale R&D for Japan-Developed Multimodal Foundation Model – Thailand Newswire · 2026-07-17
• Member of the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition for physical AI development↗ Nvidia launches Cosmos 3 Edge model and expands its physical AI push in Japan - SiliconANGLE · 2026-07-16

Recent developments

• Honda's ASIMO humanoid robot and its motorized four-fingered hand capable of threading a needle were showcased at the Humanoids Summit Tokyo 2026, where Chinese robotics firms dominated. Honda assistant chief engineer Keisuke Tsuta expressed confidence in Honda's durability and power advantages, citing Japan's historical strength in mass production.

  Read more ↗sebino.org18 Jul

• Honda is among more than 20 Japanese companies that have joined the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition, an expanded physical AI initiative announced alongside the launch of the Cosmos 3 Edge model.

  Read more ↗siliconangle.com16 Jul

• Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is an investor and core member of Noetra Corp., a newly formed Japanese consortium that has launched full-scale R&D for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation AI model, alongside Sony Group, SoftBank, and NEC Corporation.

  Read more ↗thnewswire.com17 Jul

• Linked to NVIDIA: Honda R&D is adopting NVIDIA Cosmos as a platform to advance physical AI development.

  Read more ↗thenextweb.com16 Jul

• Honda is a majority owner of Noetra Corp, a private consortium (alongside SoftBank, NEC, and Sony Group) that is establishing a 140MW AI factory to produce open multimodal foundation models for AI agents, digital twins, and robots, powered by NVIDIA Rubin GPUs.

  Read more ↗thenextweb.com16 Jul

• Honda R&D is among the Japanese manufacturers and physical AI leaders building on NVIDIA Cosmos to advance physical AI, alongside companies like FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, OMRON, and others.

  Read more ↗nvidianews.nvidia.com16 Jul

• Honda's P2 humanoid robot has been recognized as an IEEE Milestone, and Honda has joined Japan's government-backed Noetra AI consortium — alongside SoftBank, Sony, NEC, and AIST — which received 387.3 billion yen (~$6.1B) in subsidies to develop a sovereign multimodal foundation model for physical AI.

  Read more ↗global1.news15 Jul

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