Kawada announces NEXTAGE OPEN robot development platform

Evidence notes
- Kawada's company history lists the announcement of NEXTAGE OPEN.
- The milestone positioned NEXTAGE as an open development platform for robot applications.
- Japanese robotics builder with a long-running humanoid research lineage and a commercial dual-arm industrial robot line.
Company context
Japanese robotics builder with a long-running humanoid research lineage and a commercial dual-arm industrial robot line. The company's history runs through HRP research platforms and HIRO into the NEXTAGE family.