The president of Kawasaki Heavy Industries has expressed his determination to accelerate development of domestically developed physical AI, while pursuing cooperation with competitors including Hitachi and FANUC, and advancing development of autonomous operation for a 190-centimeter humanoid robot. The company has also disclosed plans to use Noetra's technology, with practical deployment targeted by 2030.
At Kawasaki Heavy Industries' robot development site overlooking Haneda Airport, president Hashimoto Yasuhiko (橋本康彦) said that development should be accelerated further. Testing is continuing on implementing motions learned in a virtual environment on robots.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries aims to commercialize a fully autonomous humanoid robot and has indicated a policy of using the technology of Noetra, a domestically developed AI platform based in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The company is said to be targeting the practical deployment of domestically developed physical AI using Noetra's technology by 2030, while also envisioning a cooperative framework involving collaboration and coexistence with competitors.