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Home LEO

Does not meet 2 of this site’s four inclusion criteria, so it is not in the catalogue.

Announced Vendor claim

This is a statement about what this site lists, not about the product. The criteria are deliberately narrow (multi-purpose home robots that physically handle objects and adapt to what they find), and a robot can be excellent and still sit outside them. The criteria in full.

Criteria it does not meet

  • AI-driven autonomy

    Not met

    Copes with unscripted variation within a task: it perceives what is actually there and adapts, rather than replaying a fixed motion sequence. How a task is started is not part of this test.

    Kawasaki says that, "Leveraging physical AI, it recognizes its surroundings, makes appropriate decisions according to the situation, and acts autonomously." That is a general description of the prototype, and Kawasaki's Japanese announcement, as reported in press, says its list of functions includes some planned for later development ("今後の開発で実装予定の機能を含む"). No source names a model, states that fetching or another named task runs on its own today, says how the smartphone demonstration was run, or describes the robot adapting partway through a task.

    Evidence: 1. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 5. 北海道新聞 (Hokkaido Shimbun), 6. ビジネス+IT (SBBIT)

  • Credible home path

    Not met

    Targets domestic use, and has a public price, preorder or announced release window. Targeting domestic use means being offered to households (an order, preorder, waitlist or announced consumer release); a public price or sales to businesses alone is not enough. Pure research demos are excluded.

    Kawasaki aims to launch Home LEO in fiscal 2028 (April 2028 to March 2029) and designed it for older people living at home. It has not said whether the robot will be sold to households or provided through care providers, and has published no price, preorder or waitlist. The prototype is first going into demonstration trials with government bodies, medical and nursing care institutions and AI companies.

    Evidence: 1. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 4. Response (レスポンス)

Criteria it does meet

Stated as plainly as the ones above. These are not consolation: they are part of the record, and on some of these pages the evidence here is stronger than anything in the catalogue.

  • Multi-task by design

    Met

    Performs two or more distinct household task types. Not a single-purpose appliance, and not one task described several ways. A task counts when the vendor demonstrates or states it, including when independent press reports the vendor’s own demonstration.

    Kawasaki describes a four-legged, dog-shaped robot that keeps an older person company through conversation and "proactively assists with tasks such as getting around the home and finding and handing over items". At the prototype's unveiling it was asked where the president's smartphone was, answered that it was on the table, and fetched it (press). Companionship and fetching are two task types, and fetching is a household chore. Watching for falls and other problems is monitoring, which does not count.

    Evidence: 1. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 2. The Nation (Thailand)

  • Physical manipulation

    Met

    Has arms, grippers or manipulators, and can pick up, move or handle objects.

    Press reports the robot picking up the smartphone and bringing it over at the unveiling, and Kawasaki says it hands over items. Kawasaki has not described how it holds objects: no arm, gripper or hand is specified.

    Evidence: 1. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 2. The Nation (Thailand)

What would change this

Would qualify if Kawasaki states that fetching or another named household task runs autonomously on the robot, and announces that Home LEO will be sold to households, with a price, preorder or consumer release date.

Records are re-checked as the field moves. A robot that meets all four criteria later moves into the catalogue.

Vendor

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (川崎重工) · based in JP
https://global.kawasaki.com/

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Sources

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  1. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Vendor · English · published 2026-10-06 · retrieved 2026-10-13
  2. The Nation (Thailand) Press · English · published 2026-10-07 · retrieved 2026-10-13 Jiji Press report of the unveiling, including the smartphone demonstration.
  3. nippon.com (Jiji) Press · Chinese · published 2026-10-06 · retrieved 2026-10-12
  4. Response (レスポンス) Press · Japanese · published 2026-10-10 · retrieved 2026-10-13 Japanese report of Kawasaki's announcement: functions, planned demonstration trials and the fiscal 2028 market launch.
  5. 北海道新聞 (Hokkaido Shimbun) Press · Japanese · retrieved 2026-10-13 Japanese report of Kawasaki's announcement, including the note that the listed functions include ones planned for later development.
  6. ビジネス+IT (SBBIT) Press · Japanese · published 2026-10-11 · retrieved 2026-10-13 Japanese overview of Kawasaki's robotics strategy, noting that Home LEO's described functions include ones still to be implemented.