Kawasaki Heavy Industries partnered with Nvidia, Analog Devices, Microsoft, and Fujitsu to create a joint development base in San Jose, California focused on physical AI for robots. The initiative initially targets healthcare, nursing-care, and mobility applications. The first product routed through the new pipeline is CORLEO, a four-legged personal-mobility robot designed for off-road use. CORLEO is roughly motorcycle-sized, uses a 150cc hydrogen engine to power leg-mounted drive units, and is intended to be ridden by straddling it while steering through rider weight shifts. Kawasaki plans to use CORLEO at Expo 2030 in Riyadh and aims for market launch by 2035, applying Nvidia simulation tools and medical robotics work to develop assistants for doctors and nurses.
"Kawasaki Heavy Industries said on Friday it will partner with Nvidia and a handful of other US and Japanese firms on physical AI for robots, opening a joint development base in San Jose, California. Shares of the 130-year-old Japanese industrial group rose as much as 12 per cent on the news, their biggest move since 9 February. Other physical-AI exposed Japanese names followed, with Fanuc up 8 per cent and Yaskawa Electric gaining 5.9 per cent."
"The San Jose base will bring together Kawasaki, Nvidia, Analog Devices, Microsoft, and Fujitsu, initially focused on healthcare, nursing-care, and mobility applications. The first product to be put through the new pipeline is CORLEO, a four-legged personal-mobility robot Kawasaki has been developing for off-road use. It is roughly the size of a large motorcycle, runs on a 150cc hydrogen engine that powers leg-mounted drive units, and is meant to be straddled and ridden, with the rider steering through weight shifts."
"Kawasaki has previously said it is aiming to use the vehicle at Expo 2030 in Riyadh and to bring it to market by 2035. The partnership applies Nvidia's simulation tools to CORLEO's development, alongside medical robotics work meant to produce assistants for doctors and nurses. Nikkei reported the plan before the official confirmation, and Kawasaki confirmed the outline of it on Friday morning Tokyo time."
"Morgan Stanley MUFG analysts including Takeshi Kitaura wrote in a pre-confirmation note that the collaboration "could lead to an acceleration in its AI robot development efforts" if the report turned out to be accurate. The same note flagged that Kawasaki's investment plan for the fiscal year ending March 2027 will include a year-on-year increase of around ¥10 billion ($63 million), including rob"
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