Kawada Robotics · industrial humanoid
NEXTAGE Fillie
A smaller, faster and cheaper member of Kawada's NEXTAGE humanoid co-robot family: a torso with a stereo-camera head and two 6-axis arms, about 162 cm tall on its optional cart. Payload is 2 kg per arm or 4 kg with both (rated 1.5 kg and 3 kg); it won a Red Dot Award in 2022 and a boom-mounted lifting version was shown at iREX 2025.
- Price
- $47,000Cheaper than 28%
- Height
- 162 cmTaller than 46%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 4 kgCarries more than 20%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
NEXTAGE Fillie is on the market today.
Real-world use
NEXTAGE family used at more than 100 Japanese plants, including Kao and Shiseido
Timeline
- Released
- 2022-03
Maker
Kawada RoboticsCompany · founded 2013 · JapanHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
NEXTAGE Fillie is taller than 46% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
NEXTAGE Fillie carries more than 20% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
NEXTAGE Fillie costs less than 28% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, joints, battery.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for NEXTAGE Fillie and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Stationary
- Actuators & motors
- Two 6-axis arms, same arm architecture as earlier NEXTAGE models, each limited to 80 W or less for safe human coexistence; repeatability +/-0.05 mm.
- Hands
- Payload 2 kg per arm and 4 kg with both arms (1.5 kg / 3 kg rated).
- Sensors & vision
- Stereo camera head; demonstrated picking stacked pump heads using only stereo vision.
- Materials & build
- About 162 cm tall including cart; 58 cm wide; upper body and controller separable for mounting on customer equipment or sliders. Red Dot Award 2022.
- AI & software
- NxProduction GUI programming and Nx-Solution application packages; research variant NEXTAGE Fillie OPEN supports ROS.
- Other details
- No collision-detection stop; safety relies on low power. Optional mobile base that re-localises using camera readings.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)
From the maker
NEXTAGE Fillie is the only humanoid from Kawada Robotics in the atlas.
Watch NEXTAGE Fillie
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $47,000From 6 million yen for the robot alone (Business+IT, April 2022), integration extra; USD figure converted at about 128 yen per dollar and approximate
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold commercially from March 2022 (units not disclosed); NEXTAGE family shipments described as several hundred
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan (Kawada Robotics; THK Intechs also exhibited it)
- Customers and pilots
- NEXTAGE family used at more than 100 Japanese plants, including Kao and Shiseido
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Kawada shows NEXTAGE line at iREX 2025
MONOist noted NEXTAGE's 15-year development and over a decade of production use as Kawada pursues humanoid work.
MONOist (ITmedia) - THK Intechs demos Fillie at TECHNO-FRONTIER
MONOist described Fillie's 6-axis arms, payloads and stereo-camera picking demo.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Kawada launches smaller, cheaper NEXTAGE Fillie
Business+IT reported Fillie starts at 6 million yen for the robot alone and is sold alongside the NXA series.
Business+IT (SB Creative)
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | NEXTAGE FillieKawada Robotics |  EIRNeuromekaSame job: industrial · Both fixed in place · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2022-03 | 2026-01-09 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 162 cm | 177 cm |
| Weight | — | — |
| Joints | — | 18 |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | 4 kg | 5 kg |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | $47,000 | — |
Sources
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