Kawasaki Kaleido 9 vs Kinisi KR1

Kawasaki Kaleido 9 is a 190 cm, 99 kg bipedal industrial humanoid prototype, publicly unveiled at iREX 2025 and still in the testing phase. Humanoid.guide lists a stated 30 kg payload, up to 5 km/h speed, and up to 3 hours runtime, but Robot Overflow conflicts on several specs and says Kawasaki has not published official battery or speed figures. A textual disaster rescue description says it gently picked up a toy cat, and Humanoid.guide confirms walking stairs and sorting goods as capabilities, with low manipulation and navigation scores. Current autonomy is not demonstrated; VR headset teleoperation is listed, and Ground News reports a 2030 plan for full autonomy using Noetra physical AI. The robot is not for sale and has no commercial deployment or named customer

Kinisi KR1 is a wheeled two-arm humanoid from Kinisi Robotics, described as a prototype for warehouse and industrial pick-and-place, sorting, and kitting. It is reported to carry a 10 kg payload, measure 162 cm tall and 100 kg in a third-party directory, and travel at either 2.4 m/s or 14.4 km/h depending on source. The system is claimed to be autonomous using VLA and Robot Foundation Models, with imitation learning and demonstration-based task programming. Evidence includes a company-described towel-folding demo and unnamed paid pilot programs, but no named customer deployments or independent benchmarks. Bear Robotics signed an agreement to acquire Kinisi in June 2026. There is no confirmed official price or purchase path