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evaluation · vendor-claimed
- vendor source
Demonstrations and pilot test setups at Future Lab HANEDA, KAWARUBA innovation lab
🇯🇵 Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9
Kawasaki Heavy Industries · Japan · unveiled 2025
prototype
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history and cited research export (API access) · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%72.5
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%61.3
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%38.0
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
Ninth-generation Kaleido unveiled at iREX 2025 with reinforced waist/leg joints, a modular end-effector system, and LiDAR plus stereo cameras for SLAM-based navigation. It lifts up to ~18 kg and supports hybrid operation (autonomous walking with VR-headset remote control), aimed at a long-term roadmap toward disaster response.
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.
Future Lab HANEDA
evaluation · vendor-claimed
- vendor source
Demonstrations and pilot test setups at Future Lab HANEDA, KAWARUBA innovation lab
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
190.0 cm
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
99.0 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
18.0 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.
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
36 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
Yes
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
bipedal
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
Embedded real-time controllers; NVIDIA Isaac Sim for simulation
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
Simulation-based reinforcement learning policies trained in NVIDIA Isaac Sim
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
prototype
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.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with AgiBot Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3) →RHP Kaleido 9 is a humanoid robot from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and it is at the prototype stage. It scores 46.9 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 84th of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between AgiBot Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3) (HMX 47.6) and Humanoid HMND 01 (HMX 46.7).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is manipulation & dexterity (72.5 against a median of 40.0) and its clearest weakness is mobility & locomotion (0.0 against 30.0).
By the published specifications, it is taller than 97% of the 138 other humanoid robots publishing a height (190 cm) and is heavier than 91% of the 125 other humanoid robots publishing a weight (99 kg).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. It has 2 deployments with evidence (2 vendor claimed).
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-06.
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 2026-06
- https://biggo.com/news/202512051422_Kawasaki-Kaleido-9-Humanoid-Robot-Launch
- https://mikekalil.com/blog/kawasaki-kaleido-9-humanoid-robot/
- https://kawasakirobotics.com/asia-oceania/blog/20260316_kaleido9/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/kawasaki-kaleido-9/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9
How much does the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 cost?
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has not published a price for the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9, and none is estimated here.
What are the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9's specs?
Published specifications: payload 18 kg, degrees of freedom 36, height 190 cm, weight 99 kg. Not published: speed, runtime and degrees of freedom per hand.
Is the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 autonomous?
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 compare to the AgiBot Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3)?
On the HMX, the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 scores 46.9 and the AgiBot Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3) 47.6. The Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 leads on manipulation & dexterity, hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment; the AgiBot Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3) leads on mobility & locomotion and ecosystem & viability.
Who makes the Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9?
The Kawasaki Heavy Industries RHP Kaleido 9 is made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in Japan.
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Version history · 2 versions and 1 earlier update
Full history →Nothing is deleted: every version of this record is kept, with what changed in each.
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Version 216 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 46.9
- ai model: Physical AI, 3D LiDAR/stereo SLAM, simulation-based reinforcement/imitation learning, dynamic balance recovery → Simulation-based reinforcement learning policies trained in NVIDIA Isaac Sim
- deployments: entries edited
Changed by: Update RHP Kaleido 9 (reviewer) -
First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 46.9The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.
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.