Kaleido 9
Ninth generation humanoid robot developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries since 2015. Features enhanced structural design for improved fall resistance, autonomous walking with LiDAR and SLAM for navigation, remote control operation via head-mounted display, and compatibility with the Kaleido Station wheeled mobile platform. Designed primarily for disaster response applications.
Primary use case: Disaster response
Specifications
Physical
Locomotion
bipedal
Power & Autonomy
Autonomy Level
semi-autonomous
AI & Compute
AI Capabilities
Autonomous navigation, Obstacle avoidance, SLAM-based self-localization, Voice instruction response, Contact sensing, Object recognition
Commercial
Primary Use Case
Disaster response
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