The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kawasaki Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Kawasaki Robotics is a Japanese industrial robot manufacturer and subsidiary of Kawasaki heavy industries, producing articulated robots, cobots, and automation systems since 1969. The company produced the first commercial industrial robot in Japan and has 50+ years of robotics history. The 1981 Kenji Urada fatality at Kawasaki's Akashi plant — the first robot-caused death in Japan — is linked to this company's safety legacy.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Parent company
Product
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Industry
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Milestone
Historical significance
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Kawasaki Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Kawasaki Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Kawasaki Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Yasuhiko Hashimoto President & CEOreported, not verified
- Yoshimoto Matsuda Managing Executive Officer, President of Precision Machinery & Robot Companysecondary-verified
- Kenji Bando Executive Officer, General Manager of Robot Business Divisionsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Shozo Kawasakisoleno longer at company
later founded Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Former / Previously (1)
- Shozo Kawasaki Founder of Kawasaki Heavy Industriessecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Kawasaki Robotics (1)
- Kenji Urada killed by industrial robot at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Akashi plant — first robot fatality in Japan (1981)1981-07-04 · Fatality
via Kawasaki RS020N at Global
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Kawasaki Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Kawasaki Robotics in third-party press
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every Kawasaki Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Timeline
Every recorded move in Kawasaki Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Cognex
2026-08-23Supply: Cognex vision for Kawasaki from Cognex
New supplierNew supplier: Nabtesco
2026-08-23Supply: Nabtesco RV reducers for Kawasaki from Nabtesco
New supplierNew supplier: Harmonic Drive
2026-08-23Supply: Harmonic reducers for Kawasaki arms from Harmonic Drive
New supplierNew supplier: Sumitomo Drive Technologies
2026-08-23Supply: Cyclo drives for robot joints from Sumitomo Drive Technologies
New supplierNew supplier: Nidec Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Servo motors for industrial arms from Nidec Corporation
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Kawasaki RS020N arc welding robots, uses laser tracking and...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Kawasaki RS020N food industry robot deployment
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Kawasaki RS020N at Global
- Incident recordedJul 4, 1981
Kenji Urada killed by industrial robot at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Akashi plant — first...
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kawasaki Robotics.Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
- Plus One Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kawasaki Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Physical AI and Humanoids Lead Automate 2026
At Automate 2026 in Chicago, Kawasaki unveiled its eight-axis RL030N robot for high-speed packaging and Yaskawa introduced the Motoman NEXT physical AI platform built around an…
Kawasaki Heavy Industries - Wikipedia
Wikipedia overview of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, parent company of Kawasaki Robotics, founded 1896, with revenue of 1.5 trillion yen and 34,010 employees.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kawasaki-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kawasaki-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2c9c5e7f-7fc8-4e31-b688-bb4f0c779c25
- Revision history: /companies/kawasaki-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Savoye5 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- FANUC Corporation2 models
- Mitsubishi Electric FA2 models
- Plus One Robotics2 models
Video
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Features of Kawasaki Robot Horse That Will Ride Humans in 2050. Kawasaki has just shocked the world by revealing CORLEO, a hydrogen-powered, rideable robot hors
Kawasaki's general-purpose R series robots set the benchmark for all small to medium duty industrial robot applications. The compact design, along with industry
Kawasaki Robotics is a leading robotics company, offering cutting edge robots to make automation easy to use and more efficient. In this video, we're taking a d
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Watch this Kawasaki RS007L robot try its luck… and get shut down by the ultimate aquatic gatekeeper 🐟💀 Equipped with an IP67 waterproof arm and wrist, this i
Kawasaki's line of high-speed palletizing robots, the CP series, provides industry leading cycle times and offers a wide range of payload options (from 180 kg t
RS series -General Purpose Robots (3-80 kg payload) High Speed, High Performance Robot The R series robots are setting the benchmark for all small to medium du
RS series -General Purpose Robots (3-80 kg payload) High Speed, High Performance Robot This new model of the R series robots is completing the benchmark for al
Senior Sales Engineer Andreas Bettenbrock shows us the future of packaging automation at the Kawasaki Robotics EMEA booth at Interpack 2023 in Düsseldorf - with
In this is robotic solution for tractor cab welding designed and built by Tiesse robot, everything revolves around a single robotic station, where man and machi
This video shows a robotic cell developed by @TiesseRobotSpA with Kawasaki Robotics robots for the automatic assembly of spotlights for the lighting industry.
Throwback to Automatica 2022 Kawasaki Robotics was at Automatica 2022 in Munich from June 21 to 24! Our 300 square meters booth area featured the latest technol
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kawasaki Robotics draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the 19th percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap +51.2, 2nd widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026