Few things titillate the internet quite like a robot — as Kawasaki has proven once again with an ambitious new design concept.
The Japanese company arrived at the Expo 2025 Osaka this weekend with several creative ideas for the future of mobility, including a robot horse. Kawasaki’s “Mobile Instincts” pavilion at the international design event highlighted CORLEO, an electric horse powered by a hydrogen engine.
There’s no real footage of this very early prototype, which won’t actually become available until, in theory, 2050 — at the earliest. But, Kawasaki did release a concept video using CGI rendering. It depicts a dreamlike landscape reminiscent of fantastical Japanese video games, and filled with robot horse riders gingerly riding through an Alps-like mountain range.
It should come to no one’s surprise that this immediately captured the internet’s imagination. I mean, it’s a robot that leverages Kawasaki’s motorcycle expertise and advanced robotics to create a techno-steed capable of traversing rugged terrain. What’s not to love?
And hey, if they make less noise and cause less environmental destruction than side-by-sides — I say bring on the robot horsies.
