Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed the prototype of Home LEO, a social robot for healthcare, and unveiled functions designed to support older people living at home. Using physical AI, it recognizes its surroundings and operates autonomously, with functions for detecting risks in daily life and notifying family members.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed the prototype of Home LEO, a social robot for the healthcare sector. The robot uses physical AI to recognize its surroundings and act autonomously, supporting older people living at home. Its ability to provide everyday conversation and monitoring functions is a key feature.
The robot continuously collects users’ lifestyle data and can share and coordinate that data with medical institutions and care facilities with the user’s consent. It also detects signs of risks such as falls, changes in physical condition and unattended fires, and can notify family members and care providers.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries combines its long-standing robotics expertise with AI to actively support movement and the search for objects within the home, helping older people maintain independent lives. The robot is said to learn users’ preferences and conversation content and provide increasingly personalized support.
Going forward, Kawasaki Heavy Industries is expected to conduct further demonstration trials in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, local governments, medical and care institutions, and AI technology companies, with a market launch targeted for fiscal 2028.