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Kawasaki Robotics

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Kawasaki Robotics

RL030N

Kawasaki's newly unveiled 8-degree-of-freedom robot arm platform for "Physical AI" applications — an industry-first 8-axis design adding an extra elbow joint to avoid kinematic singularities, enabling confined-space and adaptive-motion tasks conventional 6-axis arms cannot perform. Powered by Kawasaki's open KRNX control API; already deployed in limited production with logistics partner Dexterity, but has no standard public spec sheet yet.

Payload

30 kg

@ full reach: usually lower

Reach

—

Repeatability

±0.03 mm

Full specifications

Performance

How much it lifts, how far it reaches, how precisely it repeats.

Payload Maximum mass the robot can carry at the wrist flange, including the gripper/tool. Higher means it can handle heavier parts.: 30 kg

59th pct in class
Repeatability How close the robot returns to the same taught point on repeated tries (ISO 9283, ±). Lower is better — tighter precision.: 0.03 mm

48th pct in class
Axes (DOF) Number of independently driven joints / degrees of freedom. 6 is standard for articulated arms; 4 for SCARA/palletizers; 7 adds elbow redundancy.: 8

Safety

Standards met and collaborative-operation capability.

Collaborative Whether the robot is designed to work safely next to people without fencing (power-and-force-limited).: No

Control & software

Programming, languages and ecosystem.

ROS support Robot Operating System driver availability (none / ROS 1 / ROS 2 / both).: both

Specifications sourced from Kawasaki Robotics official datasheet ↗. Specs last verified 2026-07-13.

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