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About KOIBOT

Crafting peace, privacy, and lasting presence.

We do not sell a machine. We design a state of tranquility. KOIBOT crafts premium companion robots engineered around quiet comfort, thoughtful privacy, and companionship designed to last.

Leadership

The people building KOIBOT.

KOIBOT is led by operators with experience across product strategy, industrial development, supply chain execution, and global commercial deployment.

Leo Ryo, Founder & CEO

Leo Ryo

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Leo leads KOIBOT with more than two decades of experience across Japan and China, spanning industrial development, product strategy, and long-cycle brand building. His focus is turning embodied AI from a concept into a disciplined robotics business with global reach.

Joshua Tyou, Co-Founder & COO

Joshua Tyou

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Joshua brings experience across the full path from product development to commercial delivery. He leads technical execution, supply chain coordination, and scalable product operations so KOIBOT can move from design language to reliable customer delivery.

Quiet ActuationHigh-precision joint actuators engineered for near-silent motion
Careful ProductionEvery unit passes mechanical, electronic, and cosmetic inspection before dispatch
Focused SpecializationDedicated entirely to emotional companionship robotics, not general-purpose machines
Privacy FirstLocal-first by design, with clear connected-service boundaries

Global footprint

Rooted in Japan. Built for the world.

Design and brand in Tokyo, international sales and fulfillment in Hong Kong, production on the Chinese mainland — delivering to North America, Europe & the UK, Australia & NZ, the Gulf, and East Asia.

Our story

We started with a quieter question.

Most robotics begins by asking what a machine can do. KOIBOT began with a different question: what it should feel like to share a room with one. The answer pointed away from louder, faster, and more capable — and toward something calmer, more considered, and easier to live with.

Companion technology today tends to optimize for engagement: notifications, streaks, the constant pull to come back. We think a presence in your home should do the opposite — ask for little, stay out of the way, and simply be there when it matters. ROLA is our first attempt to make that real: an embodied companion shaped around expressive presence, premium craft, and Amoria’s emotional intelligence.

We are a small team building deliberately, across Japan and China, with the patience that physical products demand. KOIBOT is meant to be a long-term robotics brand — ROLA is where it begins, not where it ends.

Our Philosophy

Quiet comfort, designed with intention.

KOIBOT focuses entirely on emotional companionship robotics. ROLA is built to bring peace, privacy, and lasting companionship into your living or working space, combining precise physical craft with local-first-by-design intelligence.

Tranquility

Composed, silent, and present. ROLA's actuators are engineered for near-silent motion, offering a soothing presence that does not demand attention, but shares your space as an anchor of calm.

Privacy by design

We build ROLA around respect for your private moments. Sensitive interactions are designed to be handled locally first, the connection between your app and our servers is encrypted, and we never sell your personal information.

Lasting Companionship

ROLA is a steadfast presence. Amoria is designed for emotional continuity that grows with you over time.

How we build

Craft, intelligence, and restraint.

Three commitments shape every decision — from the silence of a single joint to the words ROLA chooses not to say.

Physical craft

ROLA is finished by hand and treated as a delicate robotic product, not a toy. Premium silicone surfacing, refined mechanics, and quiet actuation are engineered so the object feels considered the moment you meet it.

Emotional intelligence

Amoria gives ROLA continuity rather than cleverness — the ability to listen, remember what matters, and respond with warmth and timing. Intelligence here is measured by how natural the presence feels, not by how much it says.

Trust by design

Privacy is a starting condition, not a setting. Sensitive interactions are handled locally first, connections are encrypted, personal data is never sold, and clear boundaries keep ROLA a companion — not a replacement for people or professional care.

Where ROLA belongs

A presence for the spaces you live and work in.

ROLA is designed for homes first — a calm presence on a shelf, a desk, or a quiet corner — and just as at home in studios, showrooms, brand spaces, and private collections. It is an upper-body companion built for indoor display and interactive ownership, not an autonomous machine that roams the room.

Wherever it sits, the intention is the same: to be felt before it is noticed, and to make the space around it feel a little more at ease.

What we believe

Principles we don’t compromise.

A companion robot earns its place over years, not minutes. These are the commitments we hold to even when they make the product harder to build.

Presence over performance

We do not measure ROLA by how many tasks it completes. We measure it by how a room feels with it in it — calmer, less alone, quietly attended to. Capability serves presence, never the other way around.

Privacy as the default

Sensitive interactions are designed to be handled locally first, communication is encrypted in transit, and personal information is never sold. Trust is not a setting you switch on — it is the starting position.

Ownership, not lock-in

When you bring ROLA home, it is yours. We design for long ownership — careful production, a 12-month hardware warranty, and support that treats the product as something meant to last, not to be replaced.

Design Philosophy

A robot should feel considered before it speaks.

Our design language is quiet, precise, and physical. KOIBOT robots are built to hold attention through form, material, movement, and interaction, without relying on novelty alone.