Kawasaki Heavy Industries · research humanoid
Kaleido
A rugged humanoid built to tolerate falls, first shown doing stand-ups and pull-ups at iREX 2017 on external power; later generations (2019) walked untethered on battery and were shown carrying people and loads.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 175 cmTaller than 73%
- Weight
- 85 kgHeavier than 77%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A research humanoid from Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesCompany · founded 1896 · Tokyo and Kobe, JapanPublic company (TSE 7012).
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Kaleido is taller than 73% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kaleido is heavier than 77% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Gets up after a fallat its iREX 2017 debut Kaleido picked itself up from a fallen position · Nov 2017 · kawasakirobotics.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Kaleido gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- AI & software
- The 2022 version combines autonomous operation with remote control (Kawasaki, via New Atlas).
- Other details
- Kawasaki's Robust Humanoid Platform; the team has worked on it since 2015. The 7th-generation version shown at iREX 2022 weighs 80 kg, walks at 4 km/h, balances on a beam and can strike metal bars with its fists; handlers kept tether ropes attached during demos. A smaller 55 kg sibling, Friends, was built for safe interaction with people.
Lineage
Every Kawasaki Heavy Industries humanoid in order.
- Kaleido2017Research
Friends2021Research
Nyokkey2022Prototype
Nurabot2025Pilot use
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido)2025Prototype
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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
- Never sold.
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- 7th-generation Kaleido at iREX 2022
Kaleido walked at 4 km/h and balanced on a beam; Kawasaki also showed the smaller Friends.
New Atlas - Kaleido at iREX 2019
Kawasaki exhibited an evolved Kaleido with wider applications.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries - Kaleido debuts at iREX 2017
Kawasaki's humanoid made its first public appearance in Tokyo.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | KaleidoKawasaki Heavy Industries |  HRP-5PNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both research platforms · Similar size |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-11 | 2018-09-27 |
| Status | Research | Research |
| Height | 175 cm | 182 cm |
| Weight | 85 kg | 101 kg |
| Joints | — | 37 |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | 13 kg |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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