Kawasaki Heavy Industries · legged machine
CORLEO
Shown as a non-working mockup at Expo 2025 Osaka, CORLEO uses a 150cc hydrogen engine to make electricity for its leg drives and has rubber hooves. In February 2026 Kawasaki set up a team to develop it, targeting a working prototype around 2030 and sales around 2035.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
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- Speed
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- Battery
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Why it matters
A hydrogen-powered, four-legged rideable robot 'horse' steered by the rider's shifts in weight.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesCompany · founded 1896 · Tokyo and Kobe, JapanPublic company (TSE 7012).
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Assisted. Only a non-working concept: a rider would steer it by shifting their weight while the machine balances and walks itself.
- Actuators & motors
- Four independently articulating legs with electric leg drive units; rear legs use motorcycle-style swing arms for shock absorption; split rubber hooves
- Sensors & vision
- Sensors in the stirrups and handlebars read the rider's weight shifts
- Battery & power
- No battery pack in the concept: a 150 cc hydrogen engine generates electricity, fed from a rear hydrogen canister
- Other details
- Rideable four-legged off-road vehicle steered by shifting body weight; navigation display shows route, rider centre of gravity and hydrogen level, and it projects path markers at night.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Not sold; Kawasaki began development toward commercialization in December 2025 under a new SAFE ADVENTURE team, aiming to use CORLEO at Expo 2030 Riyadh and to commercialize it in 2035
- Where it is sold or used
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- CORLEO mock-up heads to gamescom
Kawasaki said it would show a full-scale CORLEO at gamescom 2026 in Cologne and restated a 2035 commercialization goal.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries - Kawasaki moves CORLEO toward production
Kawasaki formed a dedicated team to commercialize CORLEO, with a riding simulator planned first and a functional prototype targeted for 2030.
Electrek - CORLEO unveiled at Expo 2025 Osaka
Kawasaki showed the hydrogen-electric four-legged ride concept in its Expo 2025 pavilion.
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Sources
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