Coming soon to the stable you trust: "Corleo" doesn't eat oats, drinks hydrogen instead of water, has a steel mane and only neighs at the touch of a button.
From Richard Friebe
Status: 18.01.2026, 09:45 a.m.
A few months ago, it sounded very different: Kawasaki Heavy Industries presented a concept at the World Expo in Osaka. It made the rounds in the geek community: a four-legged roboton which you could ride moved agilely in very mountainous terrain.
At least that's what it looked like auf dem Video it looked like. But it was a cartoon. Then there was the announcement that something like this could perhaps be produced in 25 years' time. Or not, as is often the case with futuristic studies.
But the Entwicklung von Technologie is progressing very quickly these days.
The company, which is better known for two-wheelers than four-legged friends, now says it wants to have an armada of prototypes ready by 2030. At the next World Expo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, visitors could then use them to get from A to B in the same way as the modern scooters made it possible in Hanover in 2000 - without an app and without a battery back then.
A matter for the boss
Series production will then be based on them. It is expected that "Corleo", as the tech horse is called, will actually be available in the horse trade, or wherever such a thing belongs, in 2035.
According to the manufacturer, or potential manufacturer, Corleo will be powered by a fuel cell supplied with energy. The level indicator is where you would pat a normal Pferd tapped encouragingly on the neck. If it is too low, the cowboy, or whoever else is sitting in the saddle, has to look for a nearby hydrogen hole as quickly as possible. The horseshoes should be made of rubber, and the control should work intuitively via the rider's body movements.
Of course, according to the company's PR, all this is also for a good cause, so to speak. After all, such a vehicle - or companion, or even horse - could also enable people with restricted mobility to move around. herausforderndem Terrain make movement possible.
In any case, Kawasaki has now set up its own internal department for Corleo and perhaps other additional members of the herd. The "Safe Adventure Business Development Team" reports directly to the company president, which sounds like a high priority. high priority sounds like a high priority.
Kawasaki has not yet announced how many horsepower the horse will have. And what it lacks so far is a real head. It could easily accommodate a minibar - or a screen on which you could watch nature documentaries when the trip gets too boring.
