{"id":"1ed6f272-4ec3-4fa1-ab62-eab6e18416d0","companyId":"8186d180-d5ca-4fdc-94c7-af7b2bd881d5","modelName":"RHP Kaleido","slug":"kawasaki-kaleido","description":"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.","formFactor":"humanoid","maturityStage":"research","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI / Kawasaki Robotics; a ~half-century industrial-arm maker) develops the RHP Kaleido humanoid as an internal R&D program (not a spinout). RHP = Robust Humanoid Platform; development began 2015, first gen 2017. The series prioritizes robustness/load-bearing over acrobatics. Generations through the 9th (iREX 2025)."},{"label":"Maturity = research","value":"All evidence points to an internal KHI R&D platform demonstrated at trade exhibitions (iREX). NO customer, pilot, or operator deployment exists; KHI itself frames near-term factory use as a ~2030 target and disaster response as a long-horizon goal. Exhibition demos (30 kg shelf removal, stair navigation, simulated rescue) are stated capabilities in controlled settings, not field operations. maturityStage=research."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"A '60 kg lift/suspension' capacity (secondary summaries; the verified figures are a 30 kg shelf demo + 18 kg Kaleido 9 payload spec); Kaleido 9 exact height/weight (180 cm/80 kg is the 7th-gen spec; 9th-gen dimensions not published - inferred); any deployment (none; disaster-response use is aspirational 2030/2050 roadmap). The rideable 'Bex' goat / 'CORLEO' concept are separate R&D, not this entity."}],"specs":"RHP Kaleido: human-sized bipedal humanoid (7th-gen verified 180 cm, 80 kg, ~4 km/h human-like gait, iREX 2022). Kaleido 9 (iREX 2025): reinforced waist/leg joints, LiDAR + SLAM self-localization, autonomous walking, HMD remote operation, 18 kg payload, + a 'Kaleido Station' wheeled transport platform.","formFactor":"humanoid (full-size robust bipedal humanoid; RHP = Robust Humanoid Platform)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://kawasakirobotics.com/asia-oceania/blog/story_22/","title":"RHP Kaleido 7th-gen specs (180 cm, 80 kg, ~4 km/h gait; iREX 2022)","sourceName":"Kawasaki Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://kawasakirobotics.com/asia-oceania/blog/20260316_kaleido9/","title":"Kaleido 9 goals (iREX 2025; reinforced joints, LiDAR/SLAM, HMD remote op; ~2030 roadmap)","sourceName":"Kawasaki Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://biggo.com/news/202512051422_Kawasaki-Kaleido-9-Humanoid-Robot-Launch","title":"Kawasaki unveils Kaleido 9: 18 kg payload (~35% increase)","sourceName":"BigGo News"},{"url":"https://robohorizon.com/en-us/news/2025/12/kawasakis-kaleido-bot-from-chores-to-disaster-zones/","title":"Kaleido 9 iREX 2025 demo: 30 kg shelf removal, stairs/uneven terrain, simulated rescue","sourceName":"RoboHorizon"}],"aliases":["Kaleido","RHP Kaleido","Kaleido 9"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T19:24:28.908Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T19:24:28.908Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/kawasaki-kaleido","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/kawasaki-kaleido","name":"RHP Kaleido","alternateName":["Kaleido","RHP Kaleido","Kaleido 9"],"description":"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.","identifier":"1ed6f272-4ec3-4fa1-ab62-eab6e18416d0","category":"humanoid","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}