Kawasaki Heavy targets fully autonomous Kaleido humanoids as early as 2030 using Japan's Noetra physical-AI platform

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Nikkei reported on October 4 that Kawasaki Heavy Industries aims to release a fully autonomous AI-powered humanoid as early as 2030, with its long-running Kaleido program expected to use a physical-AI platform being developed in Japan by Noetra. Kaleido has been under development since 2015; the new roadmap shifts the control ambition from scripted or remotely operated behavior toward progressively more autonomous operation. The 2030 date is a target rather than a confirmed mass-production delivery commitment.