MAKE IT REAL
Ideas only matter when they become real.
We don't let ideas stay ideas. We give them shape, make them move, and ship them as products people can actually use.
Mission
Build products that change how people live.
Working across AI, software, hardware and design,we create products that change how people live and act.
01Values
BUILD ACROSS BOUNDARIES
The right product rarely fits inside one discipline.
We aren't bound by the lines between software, hardware, AI and design. We combine whatever the work requires and build the whole product.
SHIP TO LEARN
Reality is the fastest way to learn.
A working product delivered early beats a perfect plan. We learn from real users and real markets, and evolve fast.
QUESTION THE DEFAULT
The way things are is not the way they have to be.
We don't take existing methods or industry convention as the right answer. We question the premise, and build better experiences and new ways of working.
OWN THE PRODUCT
Take responsibility from idea to outcome.
Finishing your own piece isn't the job — the outcome is. From concept through development, manufacturing and operations, we see it through to where the value lands.
MAKE IT MATTER
Build things that create meaningful change.
We don't build products to show off technology. We build products that make a real difference in people's lives.
02Founder's Message
HAPT Lab is not a company that builds technology for the sake of technology. We turn technology into products people can use, experience, and benefit from in their everyday lives.
An idea only begins to matter when it becomes real. That is why we do not stop at concepts or presentations. We build, test, ship, and put our work into the hands of real users. Then we learn from reality and continue improving.
Great products rarely come from a single discipline. They emerge at the intersection of AI, software, hardware, cloud infrastructure, and design. At HAPT Lab, we work across those boundaries and take ideas all the way from initial concept to a working product.
Our goal is not simply to create something technically new. We aim to build products that change behavior, improve everyday life, and eventually become part of how the world works.
We build what does not exist yet, but should.
Founder & CEO, HAPT Lab, LLC
Hideyuki Takei
03Founder
Hideyuki Takei
Hardware & Software Engineer
Holds a master's degree from Toyohashi University of Technology, specializing in human-robot communication. Recipient of the 11th Human Interface Society Paper Award.
Joined KLab Inc. in 2009, where he developed numerous new businesses in the R&D division. After working as a BLE device engineer at Yukai Engineering Inc., he co-founded Beatrobo, Inc. in the United States and served as CTO.
His software work spans client-side development in iOS/Android and JavaScript through to AWS server-side development. He is equally at home in hardware, with experience in circuit design, industrial design in 3D CAD, and mass production at volumes in the hundreds of thousands.
Joined the AI startup studio All Turtles in 2018. In 2020 he moved to Tellus You Care, a company All Turtles supported, as Principal Hardware & Software Engineer. He currently serves as CEO of HAPT Lab, LLC.
Patents & Designs
Connection Device, Application Program, and Content Acquisition System
Inventors: Hideyuki Takei
Applicant: Beatrobo, Inc. / Filed: August 8, 2012
Application Program and Content Acquisition System
Inventors: Hideyuki Takei
Applicant: Beatrobo, Inc. / Filed: November 4, 2014
Authentication Information Generation Device and Transaction System
Inventors: Makoto Saito, Hideyuki Takei
Applicant: Beatrobo, Inc. / Filed: November 20, 2015
Manga Playback System, Method, Computer Software Program, and Manga Data Used Therein
Inventors: Kosuke Shindo, Hideyuki Takei
Applicant: Yoshimoto Integrated Fund, Inc. / Filed: November 2, 2020
Method and System for Processing Item Attachment and Detachment of NFT-Based Wearable Models
Inventors: Hideyuki Takei, Kosuke Shindo
Applicant: Cork, Inc. / Filed: January 25, 2022
Inventors: Kosuke Shindo, Hideyuki Takei
Applicant: HAPT Lab, LLC / Filed: May 25, 2021
Publications
Sociable Dining Table: Toward a "Knock-Knock" Interface Based on Mutual Adaptation
Authors: Takanori Kamoda, Yuki Kado, Hideyuki Takei, Yuta Yoshiike, Michio Okada
Transactions of the Human Interface Society, 2010
Sociable Dining Table: A Study of Mutual Adaptation Methods for a "Knock-Knock" Interface
Authors: Takanori Kamoda, Yuki Kado, Hideyuki Takei, Yuta Yoshiike, Michio Okada
Proceedings of the Human Interface Symposium (CD-ROM), 2009
Sociable Dining Table: A "Knock-Knock" Interface Proposal for Bringing Families Together
Authors: Takanori Kamoda, Hideyuki Takei, Yuki Kado, Michio Okada
IPSJ Symposium Proceedings, 2009
GamagoriMikanRobot: Toward a Social Mediator that Draws Out Connections Between People
Authors: Takashi Fukui, Hideyuki Takei, Yasutaka Takeda, Michio Okada
Proceedings of the Human Interface Symposium (CD-ROM), 2009
Sociable Dining Table: Toward a Literacy-Free "Knock-Knock" Interface
Authors: Hideyuki Takei, Yuki Kado, Takanori Kamoda, Michio Okada
Proceedings of the Human Interface Symposium (CD-ROM), 2008
Locomotion Characteristics of a Spherical-Wheeled Omnidirectional Vehicle Using Fuzzy Control
Authors: Yoshihiro Hayamizu, Hideyuki Takei, Kenichi Iida
Proceedings of the SICE Kansai Branch Student Research Presentation, 2005
04Company Overview
- Company Name
- HAPT Lab, LLC
- Address
- Shinko Residence 2F, 2-1-6 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0032, Japan
- Founded
- March 6, 2019
- Representative
- Hideyuki Takei, Founder & CEO
- Capital
- JPY 100,000
- Banks
- Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, PayPay Bank
- Fiscal Year End
- End of December