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NEXTAGE Open
Kawada Robotics
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NEXTAGE Open
Kawada RoboticsNEXTAGE Open is a dual-arm humanoid collaborative robot developed by Kawada Robotics (a subsidiary of Kawada Technologies), designed for manufacturing environments where it works side-by-side with humans. It features integrated vision (stereo head camera plus hand cameras), ROS and OpenRTM-aist compatibility, and a payload of 1.5–2.5 kg per arm depending on model variant. The platform has been deployed at leading Japanese manufacturers since approximately 2009 and is also offered as a research platform (NEXTAGE Open) sold exclusively via direct sales. It operates autonomously on its assigned manufacturing tasks using vision-guided, jig-less positioning, with humans present nearby for safety co-existence rather than to perform the robot's tasks.
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Specification
- degrees of freedom
- 15 DOF (across two arms, neck, and waist)
- payload
- NEXTAGE Open (NXA): 2.5 kg/arm; NEXTAGE Fillie Open: 1.5 kg/arm
- weight
- ~29 kg (NEXTAGE Fillie, 12% lighter than previous NEXTAGE, carbon fibre arms)
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the Kawada Robotics deep report
Kawada Robotics is conducting a 2.5-year joint research collaboration with the University of Edinburgh focused on adaptive whole-body motion planning and physics-informed generative AI for industrial packaging and complex manipulation.
The University of Edinburgh School of Informatics independently published a news article [9] confirming the partnership, its 2.5-year duration, and the specific research focus areas — this is a credible third-party source independent of Kawada's own PR.
from Kawada Robotics deep report →
NEXTAGE has surpassed 1,000 cumulative installations since its 2011 launch, making it a commercially deployed factory co-working robot at scale.
The 1,000+ installation figure comes solely from Kawada's own press release [7] with no independent customer audit, third-party report, or trade publication corroborating the cumulative count.
from Kawada Robotics deep report →NEXTAGE operates as a supervised-autonomous bimanual robot capable of industrial packaging, multi-contact manipulation, and cell production support in high-mix low-volume manufacturing environments.
Capabilities are described on Kawada's official site and press release [7][9], and the University of Edinburgh partnership [9] independently confirms the industrial packaging/manipulation focus, but no independent performance benchmark or customer outcome report verifies autonomous reliability in production.
from Kawada Robotics deep report →NEXTAGE is designed for safe human-robot coexistence via low-power actuators, enabling jig-less, easy installation in factory cells.
Safety and ease-of-installation claims originate exclusively from Kawada's official website [7] and have not been independently verified by a regulator, safety certification body, or third-party reviewer.
from Kawada Robotics deep report →The upgraded HRP-2 is conducting operational trials at Kawada Construction Co.'s Construction Equipment Center for tasks including sorting, organizing, and transporting reusable bridge construction parts.
The operational trial is confirmed only by Kawada's own press release [7]; no independent journalist, site visit report, or third-party observer has verified the trial's scope, progress, or task performance outcomes.
from Kawada Robotics deep report →
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