🇯🇵 RHP Kaleido 9
Kawasaki Heavy Industries · Japan · unveiled 2025
prototype
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
29.5
XHI Score
Rank #62 of 71
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%21.6
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%23.4
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%28.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the overall XHI. See the full methodology →
Notable
Ninth-generation Kaleido unveiled at iREX 2025 with reinforced waist/leg joints, a modular end-effector system, and LiDAR plus stereo cameras for SLAM-based navigation. It lifts up to ~18 kg and supports hybrid operation (autonomous walking with VR-headset remote control), aimed at a long-term roadmap toward disaster response.
Specifications
Height
190.0 cm
Weight
99.0 kg
Payload
18.0 kg
Walking speed
—
Runtime
—
Battery
—
Total DoF
—
Hand DoF (per hand)
—
Dexterous hands
No
Actuation
electric
Onboard compute
—
AI model
—
Indicative price
undisclosed
Company valuation
—
Sources · cross-checked, as of 2026-06
Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.