Japanese companies Kawada Industries and Highlanders are jointly developing a system that combines a quadruped robot with AI to collect and analyse information on construction sites, such as hazards, the location and amount of materials and work progress.
Highlanders is adapting its HLQ EDGE quadruped robot and developing the physical AI, while Kawada Industries builds the AI that analyses the robot's camera footage. In fiscal 2026 they are testing on a full-size bridge model at Kawada's test centre, and they plan to start using it on real sites in fiscal 2027.
