Deployed at Japanese manufacturers (electronics, food, pharma, cosmetics)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇯🇵 Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie
Kawada Robotics · Japan · unveiled 2022
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%4.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%31.9
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Compact, fixed-base dual-arm collaborative robot, one of Japan's longest commercially-deployed 'humanoid' torsos.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Showcased at CES 2026
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
29.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
1.5 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
15 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
arm-only
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
NxProduction control software with vision-based grasping
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
supervised-autonomy
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with iHub Robotics Tara Gen 1 →NEXTAGE Fillie is a humanoid robot from Kawada in Japan, and it is commercially available. It scores 38.1 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 120th of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between iHub Robotics Tara Gen 1 (HMX 38.2) and EngineAI SE01 (HMX 37.6).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (100.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is manipulation & dexterity (4.0 against 41.3).
By the published specifications, it has fewer degrees of freedom than 97% of the 116 other humanoid robots publishing a degree-of-freedom count (15), carries less payload than 95% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (1.5 kg) and is lighter than 88% of the 115 other humanoid robots publishing a weight (29 kg).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. 2 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-07
- https://www.originofbots.com/news/kawadas-nextage-fillie-debuts-at-ces-2026
- https://www.kawadarobot.co.jp/en/nextage/
- https://oneairmedianews.com/kawada-technologies-showcases-japanese-humanoid-robotics-innovation-at-ces-2026/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie
How much does the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie cost?
Kawada has not published a price for the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie, and none is estimated here.
What are the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie's specs?
Published specifications: payload 1.5 kg, degrees of freedom 15, weight 29 kg. Not published: speed, runtime, degrees of freedom per hand and height.
Is the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie autonomous?
The Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie compare to the iHub Robotics Tara Gen 1?
On the HMX, the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie scores 38.1 and the iHub Robotics Tara Gen 1 38.2. The Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie leads on manipulation & dexterity and commercial readiness & deployment; the iHub Robotics Tara Gen 1 leads on hardware & engineering.
Who makes the Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie?
The Kawada NEXTAGE Fillie is made by Kawada, in Japan.
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Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.