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Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a Japanese industrial conglomerate based in Kobe, developing industrial robots (Kawasaki Robotics) and the RHP Kaleido humanoid…

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Founded
1896
HQ
Kobe, Japan
Status
public (TSE; Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd)
Models
1

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Overview

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is a Japanese industrial conglomerate based in Kobe, developing industrial robots (Kawasaki Robotics) and the RHP Kaleido humanoid robot (research stage) for industrial and service applications. The Kaleido humanoid targets manufacturing and logistics automation.

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RHP Kaleido

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, through its Kawasaki Robotics arm, develops the RHP Kaleido humanoid as an internal research and development program rather than a spinout; KHI is a roughly half-century-old industrial-robot-arm maker. RHP stands for Robust Humanoid Platform, and the series, which began development in 2015 with a first generation in 2017, deliberately prioritizes robustness and load-bearing over acrobatics. Kaleido is a full-size human-sized bipedal humanoid; the verified seventh-generation specification is 180 cm, 80 kg, and a roughly 4 km/h human-like gait shown at iREX 2022, and the ninth-generation Kaleido 9 unveiled at iREX 2025 adds reinforced waist and leg joints, LiDAR with SLAM self-localization, autonomous walking, head-mounted-display remote operation, an 18 kg payload, and a companion Kaleido Station wheeled transport platform. The registry records it at research maturity: all the evidence points to an internal KHI R&D platform demonstrated at trade exhibitions, with no customer, pilot, or operator deployment, and KHI itself frames near-term factory use as a target around 2030 and disaster response as a long-horizon goal. The exhibition demonstrations, such as removing a 30 kg shelf and navigating stairs in a simulated rescue, are stated capabilities in controlled settings rather than field operations, and a circulating 60 kg lift claim is unverified against the confirmed 30 kg demo and 18 kg payload spec. The rideable Bex robotic goat and the CORLEO concept are separate Kawasaki R&D efforts, not this entity.

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Safety record

1 incident on record (1 critical). Most recent: Jan 1981.

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Most recent: Jan 1981

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