Kawada Robotics Corporation is established

Evidence notes
- The company was established by spinning out business and technology development functions from Kawada Industries' Robotics Division
- Became the dedicated robotics company within the Kawada group
Company context
Japanese robotics builder with a long-running humanoid research lineage and a commercial dual-arm industrial robot line. The company's history runs through HRP research platforms and HIRO into the NEXTAGE family.