Kawasaki Heavy Industries · research humanoid
Kaleido 9
RHP Kaleido
A large 1.9 m, 99 kg humanoid with a magnesium frame that avoids people and adjusts stride on stairs. Specs come from a third-party sheet; another report gives an 18 kg payload.
- Price
- —No maker price; a third-party guide lists $200,000.
- Height
- 190 cmTaller than 96%
- Weight
- 99 kgHeavier than 83%
- Payload
- 30 kgCarries more than 89%
- Speed
- 5.0 km/hFaster than 48%
- Battery
- 3 hRuns longer than 39%
Not for sale: Research prototype; no sales path found.
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Why it matters
Ninth generation of Kawasaki's humanoid line begun in 2015; all-electric, with LiDAR SLAM self-walking.
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 9 (RHP Kaleido) is taller than 96% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido) is heavier than 83% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido) is faster than 48% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido) carries more than 89% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido) runs longer than 39% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: joints, price.
What it has been shown doing
2 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.
- Use toolsiREX 2025 home-scene demo swept with a broom and emptied a trash bag; disaster scene (teleoperated via Quest 3 headset) mimicked spraying a fire hose · Dec 2025 · pc.watch.impress.co.jp
- Climb stairsKawasaki says in the iREX demo it recognised stair steps and adjusted its stride in real time using LiDAR SLAM · Dec 2025 · kawasakirobotics.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenFineTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 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
- dexterous
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- 30 body axes (hands excluded); joint speed doubled versus Version 8 at the same torque; reinforced lower body.
- Sensors & vision
- Stereo camera in the head (neck tracks it) and LiDAR in the chest for 3D mapping.
- Battery & power
- About 30 minutes on the robot alone; automatic charging via the wheeled Kaleido Station under consideration.
- AI & software
- Teleoperation with Meta Quest 3 VR headset and hand controllers; autonomous movement from LiDAR data with reinforcement learning in simulation.
- Other details
- Moved a 30 kg steel rack one-handed; aimed at disaster, factory and home tasks; 190 cm, 99 kg.
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 publishedNo maker price; a third-party guide lists $200,000.
- How to get one
- Not for saleResearch prototype; no sales path found.
- Built
- Research prototype; Version 10 under development.
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Kawasaki shows Kaleido 9 at iREX 2025
Stronger legs, twice-as-fast joints, LiDAR and VR teleoperation; demos of rescue and chores.
Mynavi TECH+ - Ninth-generation Kaleido demos home and disaster-rescue tasks at iREX 2025
Kawasaki staged the ninth-generation Kaleido in factory, home and disaster-site sets at the 2025 International Robot Exhibition.
MONOist (ITmedia)
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. How we choose
| Measure | Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido)Kawasaki Heavy Industries |  Agile ONEAgile RobotsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  PHYBOT M1PHYBOTSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  MenteeBot V3.0Mentee RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-12-03 | 2025-11-19 | 2025-11-21 | 2025-02-12 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 190 cm | 174 cm | 172 cm | 175 cm |
| Weight | 99 kg | 69 kg | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | 32 | — |
| Speed | 5 km/h | 7.2 km/h | — | 5.4 km/h |
| Payload | 30 kg | 20 kg | 20 kg | 25 kg |
| Battery | 3 h | — | 2 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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