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Kawada Robotics

Corporate marketmanufacturingCurated record

Kawada Robotics develops NEXTAGE, a dual-arm upper-body humanoid collaborative robot for flexible manufacturing. NEXTAGE integrates stereo vision with 3D environmental mapping, a motion planner (NxProduction), and hand cameras for autonomous assembly, inspection, and packaging. The latest Fillie model (2022+) is more compact, faster, and lighter, adding advanced real-time gesture and environmental adaptation. Fillie debuted at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. NEXTAGE has been commercially deployed at electronics, food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics manufacturers in Japan.

HeadquartersTokyo, JP
Founded2013
Corporate fundingNot disclosed
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSubsidiary
FoundersTakakatsu Isozumi (Founder & President)
Regions servedJP, US
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-14
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinemanufacturing

NEXTAGE Fillie

  • Dual-arm upper-body humanoid cobot; stereo head cameras for 3D mapping; real-time gesture and environmental adaptation; debuted CES 2026

    Next-generation NEXTAGE with lighter, faster design and advanced AI vision for unstructured manufacturing environments

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Machinemanufacturing

NEXTAGE NXA

  • Dual-arm 6-DOF-per-arm humanoid cobot with integrated image recognition; deployed in electronics, food, pharma manufacturing; 100+ units deployed

    Production cobot for assembly, inspection, and packaging alongside human workers

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-01-01NEXTAGE Fillie debuts at CES 2026 in Las VegasOrigin of Bots
2023-03-0110th anniversary of Kawada Robotics; NEXTAGE commercially deployed at 100+ manufacturing sitesLinkedIn / Tadahiro Kawada
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