Kawasaki Heavy Industries · general-purpose humanoid
Nyokkey
Kawasaki's general-purpose wheeled semi-humanoid with two extendable arms and a screen face, demonstrated doing hotel and concierge chores such as knocking, opening doors and carrying trays. A fourth version was shown at ICRA 2024, and it is the base of the Nurabot nursing-assistant robot co-developed with Foxconn.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Kawasaki Heavy IndustriesCompany · founded 1896 · Tokyo and Kobe, JapanPublic company (TSE 7012).
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Works on siteproof-of-concept at Fujita Health University Hospital moving specimens and medicines, including between floors · Jan 2021 · kawasakirobotics.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Nyokkey gets, from open data.
- 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
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Wheeled base with two arms that rotate, extend and retract to reach objects.
- Hands
- Two arm-mounted grippers; demonstrated knocking on doors, turning door handles, stacking boxes and delivering breakfast.
- Materials & build
- Screen face that shows images, animations or faces; offered in male and female presentations.
- Other details
- Positioned as a general-purpose compact service humanoid for hotel concierge and chores. Can be integrated into ugo's ugo Platform via the ugo Reactor controller.
Lineage
Every Kawasaki Heavy Industries humanoid in order.
Kaleido2017Research
Friends2021Research- Nyokkey2022Prototype
Nurabot2025Pilot use
Kaleido 9 (RHP Kaleido)2025Prototype
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Prototype / demonstrator
- Sold or delivered
- Not reported as sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Japan (Kawasaki Heavy Industries)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Kawasaki shows Nyokkey alongside Kaleido at iREX 2025
MONOist listed Nyokkey as Kawasaki's compact general-purpose humanoid next to Kaleido and the Foxconn-co-developed Nurabot.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Nyokkey shown as hotel concierge
Infomercado described Nyokkey knocking, opening doors and serving breakfast as shown at iREX 2022.
Infomercado - ugo Platform adds Nyokkey support
MONOist reported ugo's platform could connect Kawasaki's Nyokkey through its ugo Reactor controller.
MONOist (ITmedia)
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. How we choose
| Measure | NyokkeyKawasaki Heavy Industries |  GaryUnlimited RoboticsSame job: healthcare · Both on wheels · Both in development | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHANAMOFLOR ('Hana-chan')Sony GroupSame job: social · Both on wheels · Both in development |  PUDU D7Pudu RoboticsSame job: healthcare · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2022-03 | 2021-09-27 | 2023-11-22 | 2024-09-19 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 83 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 40 kg | 20 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 4.3 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 5 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $5,900 | — | — |
Sources
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