Product profile
RL030N
RL030N is Kawasaki Robotics' dexterous physical-AI robot platform presented for advanced automation. Its eight-degree-of-freedom architecture is intended t...
Facts
- Company
- Kawasaki Robotics
- Product type
- industrial_robot_arm
- Status
- announced
- Primary capability
- dexterous_manipulation
- Website
- https://campaign.kawasakirobotics.com/automate-2026/
About RL030N
RL030N is Kawasaki Robotics' dexterous physical-AI robot platform presented for advanced automation. Its eight-degree-of-freedom architecture is intended to provide additional dexterity and reach for handling tasks that are difficult for conventional industrial arms.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Dexterous industrial robot
Core: Eight-degree-of-freedom manipulation
Function: Extends industrial robot dexterity for variable handling and physical-AI applications
Audience: Manufacturers, integrators and physical-AI teams
Specifications
- control_api
- KRNX real-time control API
- degrees_of_freedom
- 8 axes
- operating_context
- Dynamic and confined industrial environments
- platform_focus
- Dexterous physical-AI robot platform for advanced automation
Operations
- Environment
- industrial_manufacturing, warehouse, dynamic_workcell, research_and_development
- Primary user
- manufacturers, robotics_integrators, physical_ai_researchers
- Role
- dexterous_manipulation, material_handling, physical_ai, industrial_automation
- Interaction model
- adaptive_manipulation, vision_guidance, operator_supervision, end_effector_integration
- Mobility class
- stationary_robot_arm, fixed_workcell_robot
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Dexterity and Kawasaki expand RL030N warehouse-robot collaboration — 2026-06-23
- Kawasaki Robotics unveils RL030N 8DoF Physical AI robot platform — 2026-06-16
- Kawasaki opens Physical AI Center San Jose with AI and technology partners — 2026-05-22
- Kawasaki launches compact CP110L palletizing robot — 2026-02-16
- TACT paper uses RHP7 Kaleido for tactile whole-body contact manipulation — 2025-06-18
- Distributed tactile-sensor control paper demonstrates multi-contact motions on RHP Kaleido — 2025-05-26
- Kawasaki Robotics demos RapidPlan welding cell at Automate 2022 — 2022-06-06