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Kawada Robotics

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Japanese pioneer in collaborative humanoid robots with 30+ years experience. NEXTAGE dual arm humanoid has 1,000+ cumulative installations.

Founded 2013Undisclosed raised
humanoidcollaborative-robotindustrialmanufacturingHRP

Humanoid Robots

1 Humanoid Robot
NEXTAGECommercial
NEXTAGE
Pioneer upper body collaborative humanoid for factory assembly, with 1,000+ installations across Japan.
H:84 cm
W:36 kg
D:15
S:N/A
L:N/A
B:N/A

Introduction

Spun off from Kawada Industries (founded 1922). Participated in Japan's HRP project. NEXTAGE uniquely occupies the humanoid cobot space for high-mix manufacturing.

Technology

Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.

Platform

Technology Snapshot

A concise view of platform maturity and deployment footprint.

Flagship PlatformNEXTAGE
Performance

NEXTAGE Specs

Published operating specifications for the lead system.

Degrees of Freedom15
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Management Team

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Takakatsu IsozumiCEO

Company Story

Spun off from Kawada Industries (founded 1922). Participated in Japan's HRP project. NEXTAGE uniquely occupies the humanoid cobot space for high-mix manufacturing.

  1. 1998 - 2013

    HRP experience culminates in the Kawada spinout

    Spun off from Kawada Industries in 2013. Decades of HRP collaboration produced HRP-2 and HRP-4 humanoids.

    HRPKawada Industries
  2. 2011

    NEXTAGE becomes the commercial anchor

    NEXTAGE (2011) is a dual-arm upper-body humanoid for manufacturing. Over 1,000 cumulative installations.

    NEXTAGEManufacturing
  3. 2020 - 2029

    Kawada consolidates a rare commercial humanoid install base

    One of the most commercially successful humanoid collaborative robots in the world.

    Installed baseCobot humanoid