Android avatar created thanks to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Named “Yamato” after the Nara area in Kansai, where Japan’s history started, and which refers to the country as a whole as well as embodying the spirit that has permeated this country since its birth, the soul of Japan resides within.

Child android avatar created thanks to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Named “Asuka” after the era which gave birth to the world’s oldest existing wooden building, the Horyuji, and the brilliant murals of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, it loves the advanced technologies and culture of Japan that it is heir to.

“Petra,” named after the Greek for “rock,” is a robot that will be a tool that coexists with future humanity. In prehistory, humans evolved greatly by creating hunting tools from wood and stone. Going back to those roots, Petra is made from stone and driftwood, as well as round mirrors from Shinto shrines and moss from Zen temples, embodying a design that links past and future.

This is a robot filled with a sense of life, themed after legends of the pomegranate, which could only have been created for a World Expo where cultures from around the world come together. Brought to Asia via the Silk Road from Persia about 2,000 years ago, the red-fleshed pomegranate was introduced to Japan from China during the Heian period (794-1185). Its scientific name starts with “Punica.”

This is a robot akin to an angel that encourages new communication by connecting with visitors to the Expo, just as a pollinator helps plants by carrying pollen from flower to flower. Designed by the architect Isozaki Arata, like Punica its lineage comes from the design of the legendary “Deme” robot unveiled at the Osaka’s Expo ’70.