Kawasaki Heavy Industries Timeline

Events

• 2026-08-07 - Market Signal - Kawasaki robotics orders reach JPY 35.6 billion in FY2026 first quarter - Robotics orders increased by JPY 15.4 billion year over year, while robotics revenue increased by JPY 2.6 billion. Revenue from semiconductor-manufacturing robots rose to JPY 12.5 billion from JPY 9.0 billion as AI and memory investment supported demand.… - source: global.kawasaki.com
• 2026-07-16 - Partnership - Fujitsu begins physical-AI business study with FANUC, Yaskawa and Kawasaki - Fujitsu will lead the business study and contribute AI, world-model, simulation and systems-integration capabilities. The robot manufacturers bring industrial platforms, control systems and deployment experience. The initiative builds on Fujitsu and NVIDIA… - source: global.fujitsu
• 2026-07-15 - Partnership - Hitachi builds physical-AI capabilities on NVIDIA Cosmos and Isaac - The technical foundation combines Cosmos world-model tooling with Isaac robotics software. The announcement covers platform development and does not quantify a completed robot fleet deployment. - source: nvidianews.nvidia.com
• 2026-07-14 - Market Signal - Kawasaki prices ¥197.4B share and convertible-bond issuance - Net share proceeds of about ¥92.4 billion include factory automation, robotics and physical-AI production investment. Bond proceeds include approximately ¥30.5 billion for physical-AI R&D, alliances and related capital uses; this is a capital-market… - source: global.kawasaki.com
• 2025-07-04 - Partnership - Kawasaki and Foxconn co-develop Nurabot nurse assistant robot - Kawasaki said verification experiments had been underway at Taichung Veterans General Hospital since April 2025. The project combines Kawasaki robotic hardware and hospital-service robotics work with Foxconn AI and manufacturing capabilities. - source: global.kawasaki.com
• 2025-06-04 - Deployment - Keio University Hospital begins operation of Kawasaki FORRO delivery robot service - Keio University Hospital and Kawasaki Heavy Industries began operating an automated delivery service using Kawasaki's FORRO indoor delivery robot. The service began inside the hospital on April 1, 2025 and supports healthcare professionals with internal… - source: keio.ac.jp