News & Events

e-news No.63

September 30, 2019

This issue highlights Kawasaki’s activities in the education field aiming to nurture future talent for robotics engineering.

e-news No.62

July 26, 2019

Kawasaki Robostage visitors reached to 80,000 and robot programming events for elementary school students started

XYZ Featuring the Robotic House Construction

June 10, 2019

This article highlights the Sekisui Heim's pursuit in combating labor shortage surrounding the housing industry by the company's industrialized construction method using robots.

e-news No.61

May 28, 2019

JISSO PROTEC 2019 and FOOMA JAPAN 2019

e-news No.60

March 28, 2019

Kawasaki Robostage's opening hours are now extended

Kawasaki Robostage Notice of Change in Opening Hours

March 22, 2019

Visitors will have more chances to visit us

duAro2 Has Joined the Series, Powering Kawasaki’s Cobots Further

February 26, 2019

Kawasaki's cobot, duAro, keeps evolving - This article features the intent of developing the duAro2 and the story behind it.

XYZ Featuring the World Robot Summit

January 25, 2019

This article highlights the Industrial Robotics category of the competition held in Japan, detailing the performance of robotics engineers and researchers from around the world as they went head-to-head over the course of four days.

e-news No.59

January 01, 2019

Season's Greetings!

e-News Archive

December 26, 2018

These are an archive of the news from 2009. It is refreshed each two months.

e-news No.58

October 26, 2018

50th Anniversary Ceremony and World Robot Summit 2018

The World Robot Summit - Challenging the Possibilities for the Future of Robots

October 16, 2018

Learn about the World Robot Summit (WRS), which features an industrial robot competition that uses Kawasaki duAro collaborative robots and RS007N & RS007L general purpose robots...

The Day Industrial Robots Were Introduced in Japan. Why Did the Father of Robotics Entrust Kawasaki?

August 27, 2018

Learn the backstory of how Kawasaki Aircraft Industries beat out electrical manufacturers to become Unimation Inc.'s business partner in Japan. This partnership led to the licensing of the Kawasaki Unimate, Japan's first...

Kawasaki Robotics Opens 50th Anniversary Website

July 27, 2018

Kawasaki's robotics business has marked 50th anniversary in 2018. To commemorate this occasion, we have launched a special website. It offers various interesting content such as the message from the short movie showing 50 years of our history and video tour exhibiting a lineup of Kawasaki ...

The Legacy of Japan’s First Domestically Manufactured Industrial Robot, the “Kawasaki-Unimate”

July 27, 2018

Japan’s first domestically manufactured industrial robot, the Kawasaki-Unimate, weighed 1.6 tons and had a payload of 12 kg. Learn more about this early robot, and how it paved the way for widespread robot adoption...

ABB and Kawasaki create world’s first common interface for collaborative robots(PDF:107K)

June 20, 2018

ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, both global leading players in industrial automation and robotics, are showcasing the world’s first common collaborative robot operating interface at automatica in Munich, Germany from June 19-22, 2018.

What Is the “Special Training” for Industrial Robots? Let’s Ask Kawasaki Robot School

June 20, 2018

Education is essential to safely operate industrial robots. In this article, learn about the training offered by Kawasaki Robot School in Japan. To sign up for a Kawasaki training class near you, click on "Training" in the top menu bar...

Kawasaki Robostage Total Number of Visitors hit 50,000!

May 30, 2018

Thank you for coming to our showroom!

e-News No.56

May 28, 2018

Kawasaki is exhibiting at 2 tradeshows in June & Visitors at Kawasaki Robostages reached 50,000.

How Are Industrial Robots Built? A Guide on the Components and the Movement of Robot Arms

May 22, 2018

Take an in-depth look at the internal structure of industrial robot arms, as well as the engineering and mechanics behind their human-like motion…