Kawasaki Heavy Industries is opening a robotics development center in San Jose, California, in collaboration with Nvidia, bringing physical AI research to Silicon Valley’s backyard.
The partnership, first reported by Nikkei, centers on integrating Nvidia’s simulation technology into Kawasaki’s robotics lineup, with an initial focus on medical and mobility applications.
What Kawasaki is actually building
The star of this collaboration is Kawasaki’s Corleo, a four-legged personal mobility robot.
The San Jose center will house industrial robots for demonstrations with US companies and serve as a talent recruitment hub. Microsoft and Fujitsu are also identified as stakeholders in this broader initiative, adding cloud computing muscle and enterprise integration expertise to the mix.
