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KATR
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PrototypeJapanRemote-controlled

Kubota · working robot

KATR

A four-wheeled carrier whose wheels sit on four hydraulic legs that extend or retract to keep its deck level on slopes and rough ground. It carries about 129 kg and can be remote controlled or driven from onboard.

Price
—Not published
Height
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Weight
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Payload
129 kgCarries more than 48%
Speed
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Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A prototype machine from Kubota.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2024-11-15
Released
Not yet
Announced ahead of CES 2025 (shown at CES, January 2025)

Maker

KubotaCompany

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention KATR gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheel-legs
How it runs
Remote-controlled. A person operates it the whole time.

Lineage

Every Kubota machine in order.

  1. Agri Robo tractorAgri Robo tractor2017Commercial
  2. Agri Robo combine harvesterAgri Robo combine harvester2024Commercial
  3. New Agri ConceptNew Agri Concept2024Concept
  4. KFAST autonomous orchard sprayerKFAST autonomous orchard sprayer2024Concept
  5. KATRKATR2024Prototype

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: 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

Full comparison
MeasureKATRKATRKubotaAutonomous low-floor AGV logistics systemAutonomous low-floor AGV logistics systemObayashi Corporation (with SRI International)Same job: carrying materials · Both on wheels · Both in development
First shown2024-11-152021-10-25
StatusPrototypePrototype
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Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Kubota USA Kubota named CES Innovation Awards 2025 Best of Innovation for first-of-its-kind all-terrain KATR Equipment World Kubota reveals all-terrain robot for construction sites: the KATR Kubota Kubota news release

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