BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.23//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Loctober2025 DTSTAMP:20251102T035459Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:572-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n Space Pirate Queen \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/Space-Pirate-Queen-Loctober-2025-1259419435\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Warrior Riding Direwolf \n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddev iant/art/Warrior-Riding-Direwolf-Loctober-2025-1259420226\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\ n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I had to add this\, my design principles were on the mone y see:) and I learned this the day after i posted my art. \n\n Question a nd Answer\n\n https://answers.khi.co.jp/en/mobility/250411e-06/\n\n\n\n EX CERPTS\n\n\n\n Exploring mobility solutions to fulfill the human impulse t o move\, the project team decided to pursue a two-track approach centering on systems for personal and mass transportation. After reviewing a host o f suggested design candidates\, including ideas for an amphibious train fo r mass transportation and a portable parachute for personal mobility\, the team made their selection. One of their choices was eventually developed into CORLEO (CONCEPT 01)\, a novel means of mobility directed at motorcycl e enthusiasts.\n...\nCORLEO could be described as something like a “high -mobility multilegged machine.” The highlight of its design lies in the adoption of legs. This was the answer to our quest to offer a novel ride e xperience\, something that would be impossible if we had used wheels\, as that kind of design has been too overdone to allow for any sense of novelt y. Moreover\, existing two-wheelers have strong off-road capabilities for getting air and powerfully traversing rugged mountains\, but riders need t o have high maneuvering skills and the risk of taking a tumble is almost u navoidable.\n...\nWhat could be controversial is the misleading impression created by the vehicle’s appearance. Due to its structure of four legs supporting a body\, the thing inevitably looks like an autonomous robot\, which it is not. Rather\, CORLEO is a means of mobility and is distinctive ly characterized by its function of enabling the rider to derive enjoyment from actively engaging in its maneuvering. We redesigned the styling repe atedly to make it look more like a piece of transportation equipment.\n... \nCORLEO is also unconventional in terms of the maneuvering system. By des ign\, the vehicle is maneuvered by the rider shifting their weight\, so co ntrols like accelerator and steering grips have been omitted. Instead\, it is equipped with a handhold and stirrup-like structures.\n...\n\n\n\n\n\n ENTIRE QUESTION AND ANSWER\n\n\n\n Fulfill Your “Impulse to Move”! Be hind-the-Scenes Story of Kawasaki’s Futuristic Mobility Concept Showcase d at Expo 2025\nBeing predisposed to derive happiness from kinetic activit y\, humans desire to fulfill an “Impulse to Move.”\n\nThis term encaps ulates the theme selected by the Kawasaki Group as an exhibitor at Expo 20 25 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan (Expo 2025). Under this theme\, the Group will s howcase two models of sustainable mobility: the off-road four-legged perso nal vehicle CORLEO and the innovative ALICE SYSTEM for public transportati on. Life-sized examples of these personal and mass mobility solutions will be presented at an exhibition space dubbed “Impulse to Move Lab: Kawasa ki Future World.”\n\nKawasaki has created these futuristic vehicle model s by applying the latest robotics and hydrogen technologies while also dra wing on its proven capacity to offer mobility solutions to the land\, sea and air transportation sectors for more than 125 years. But how did it all come about? To answer this question\, three representatives of the EXPO 2 025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Section shared the behind-the-scenes story.\nManager\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Section\, Cor porate Communication Group\, Kawasaki Heavy Industries\, Ltd.\nKeisuke Mur akami\nPROFILE\nHead of the EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Sec tion. Responsible for overall management of the section and negotiations w ith the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition and other organiza tions.\n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nManager\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai \, Japan Promotion Section\, Corporate Communication Group\, Kawasaki Heav y Industries\, Ltd.\nYusuke Amatatsu\nPROFILE\nEXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Project Leader. Responsible for all exhibits\, videos and other works created for the project.\n\n\n井上 健輔 氏\nAssistant Man ager\, Global Marketing &\; Sales Department\, Advanced Smart Mobility Supervisory Department\; concurrently\, EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan P romotion Section\, Corporate Communication Group\nKensuke Inoue\nPROFILE\n Previously engaged in the design of railroad vehicles before taking the cu rrent position involved in the planning\, marketing and sales of service r obots. Also assigned to the EXPO 2025 Osaka\, Kansai\, Japan Promotion Sec tion to take charge of the ALICE SYSTEM.\nHow can humans fulfill their “ Impulse to Move”?—Key to Kawasaki’s future mobility vision\nHaving d ecided to participate in Expo 2025\, held under the theme of designing the future society\, Kawasaki began to think about what kind of vision of the future it should present. With this question in mind\, a special team was formed in 2021\, gathering mobility professionals like Inoue from across the different segments of land\, sea and air transportation to discuss the possibilities of future mobility\, with additional members\, including Mu rakami\, the overall manager of the exhibition project\, and Amatatsu\, jo ining later.\n\n\n井上 健輔 氏\nInoue\nThe Company began to think abo ut participating in Expo 2025 at a time when people around the world had b een experiencing the inconvenience of the behavioral restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background\, a decision was mad e to enter the “Transportation and Mobility” showcase category\, and d iscussions began with an exploration of the possible key features of trans portation apparatus able to support a sound future society.\ n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nToday\, traveling even a relati vely long distance is an ordinary activity for many people\, unlike the ha zardous venture it was during the Age of Exploration. Recently\, it has ev en become possible to choose not to visit the target destination physicall y at all but to have a similar experience from home\, and to do so for mor e and varied purposes. That said\, many people continue to go on trips see king thrills and enjoyment\, and we seemingly never lose the desire to go traveling somewhere. We took notice of this apparently irrationally persis tent and universal desire to move\, began to look for explanations\, and e ncountered the key term “impulse to move.” We also learned about the s cientific theory stating that humans are predisposed to derive happiness f rom the act of moving.\n\nWhile studying the term\, we noticed the possibi lity of approaching the impulse to move\, which is essentially never fully satisfied\, by offering a completely new mode of transportation. That was how we began to consider plans to organize the exhibition with the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Move.”\nNovel four-legged off-road veh icle―distinguished new embodiment of Kawasaki’s “Fun to Ride” phil osophy\nExploring mobility solutions to fulfill the human impulse to move\ , the project team decided to pursue a two-track approach centering on sys tems for personal and mass transportation. After reviewing a host of sugge sted design candidates\, including ideas for an amphibious train for mass transportation and a portable parachute for personal mobility\, the team m ade their selection. One of their choices was eventually developed into CO RLEO (CONCEPT 01)\, a novel means of mobility directed at motorcycle enthu siasts.\n\n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nCORLEO could be describ ed as something like a “high-mobility multilegged machine.” The highli ght of its design lies in the adoption of legs. This was the answer to our quest to offer a novel ride experience\, something that would be impossib le if we had used wheels\, as that kind of design has been too overdone to allow for any sense of novelty. Moreover\, existing two-wheelers have str ong off-road capabilities for getting air and powerfully traversing rugged mountains\, but riders need to have high maneuvering skills and the risk of taking a tumble is almost unavoidable.\n\nAs a motorcycle manufacturer with a long track record\, we looked at taking an unconventional approach to overcome such limitations of two-wheelers by removing their defining fe ature―the wheels―in order to expand the possibility for offering a “ fun to ride” experience. And we considered employing legs instead\, whic h could at least make the vehicle look more stable.\n\nOur exploratory end eavors regarding the overall concept resulted in the four-legged off-road vehicle CORLEO\, which avoids using wheels by adopting legs as a way to im prove the general safety of its off-road performance.\n\nAfter deciding to go with four legs\, we then. looked at the design in terms of speed capac ity and reviewed a number of suggestions. One was to try and achieve the w orld’s fastest performance\, a record we set for the motorcycle\, using the world’s fastest land animal\, the cheetah\, as a model. Rather than the cheetah\, however\, we eventually settled on the lion as a performance model\, determining that it was better suited to allowing the rider to ma intain postural balance as well as also evoking the image of barreling acr oss the landscape astride the king of the jungle.\n\nWhat could be controv ersial is the misleading impression created by the vehicle’s appearance. Due to its structure of four legs supporting a body\, the thing inevitabl y looks like an autonomous robot\, which it is not. Rather\, CORLEO is a m eans of mobility and is distinctively characterized by its function of ena bling the rider to derive enjoyment from actively engaging in its maneuver ing. We redesigned the styling repeatedly to make it look more like a piec e of transportation equipment.\nCORLEO is also unconventional in terms of the maneuvering system. By design\, the vehicle is maneuvered by the rider shifting their weight\, so controls like accelerator and steering grips h ave been omitted. Instead\, it is equipped with a handhold and stirrup-lik e structures. This system thus represents a uniquely innovative design con cept that combines functions of the motorcycle with those of horse riding\ , for which we have filed multiple patent applications.\n\nTo determine th e riding position\, we conducted an experimental survey with cooperation r eceived from the equestrian club of Kobe University. Survey participants r ode the full-size mock-up and reported their feelings about the experience . Furthermore\, we adopted a sort of swing arm mechanism that is similar t o the standard function on a motorcycle in order to allow the rider to enj oy a broad range of motion and maintain a stable riding posture.\n\n \n村上 敬祐 課長\nMurakami\nThe name CORLEO is coined from the wor ds “Cor Leonis\,” another name for Regulus―the star Alpha Leonis― \, which is a name associated with the lion\, the key inspiration for the design of the form. It is thus also suggestive of the ancient practice of travelers using stars as a guide to find their way\, and reflects the team ’s shared sense of commitment to creating mobility solutions for fulfill ing the human impulse to move.\nAiming to create more passenger-friendly a nd stress-free systems of mass transportation\nThe ALICE SYSTEM (Concept 0 2) is our second answer to the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Mov e.” This is a futuristic mass transportation service model featuring ind ependent passenger cabins able to dock with different means of transportat ion\, including trains\, ships and airplanes\, and to be carried along by them. This interconnected mobility system eliminates the need for passenge rs to transfer\, thereby removing the personal stress associated with the process.\n\nWe began by looking into issues associated with ongoing mass t ransportation service systems with the objective of identifying factors th at inhibit the impulse to move. Major issues identified as likely to occur were related to stressful situations like changing trains during rush hou r or with bulky luggage or strollers and mobility-impaired passengers taki ng long-distance trips involving a transfer\, as well as difficulties with arranging work schedules to take leave for multi-day travel.\n\nThe ALICE SYSTEM is designed to resolve all these issues in a single stroke. Our pl an is to create mass transportation systems that eliminate the need to eng age in stressful transfers and to provide a stress-free\, comfortable pass enger experience with the aim of enabling people to fulfill their impulse to move\, no matter what their personal attributes or background. We are p roud of this outstanding concept\, which has only been made possible by ca pitalizing on the expertise Kawasaki has developed while engaging in the t hree mobility sectors of land\, sea and air and is the result of a compreh ensive examination of practicability.\n\nALICE is an acronym for “Access ible Linkages for Innovative and Comfortable Experiences\,” an expressio n of our thinking about a mass transportation system that is universally f riendly and able to give passengers an experience that is both thrilling a nd fun.\nOne of the key characteristics of the ALICE SYSTEM lies in its ab ility to support the overall travel experience. The system recommends appr opriate plans in response to user requests\, such as wanting to go on a bo at trip or explore scenic routes by rail. This can also provide users with a bit of a push\, particularly the less-experienced travelers.\n\nSeats i n the passenger cabin are equipped with robotic concierge programs develop ed by applying industrial robot technologies to provide finely tuned custo mer service. The robot concierge can prepare drinks and offer other forms of hospitality. Network connection and videotelephony are also a standard feature to provide a comfortable environment to passengers who need to wor k remotely.\nPossibility of hydrogen technology to support future mobility systems\nCORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM are both powered by hydrogen. For th is purpose\, Kawasaki has adopted its hydrogen power generators\, an embod iment of its vision for a hydrogen-based future society.\n \n\n天辰 祐介 担当課長\nAmatatsu\nFor power supply\, we have emplo yed our hydrogen power generator O’CUVOID\, which can be refueled by sim ply replacing the hydrogen tank. In the ALICE SYSTEM\, the power supply sy stem has been designed to have O’CUVOID connected to multiple units to b e able to augment power output while also allowing each unit to be removed in case of a problem to enable easy maintainability.\n\nKawasaki’s Grou p Vision 2030 describes the vision the Group is aiming to realize in 2030\ , with a focus on the three fields of “A Safe and Secure Remotely-Connec ted Society\,” “Near-Future Mobility” and “Energy and Environmenta l Solutions.” The key technology for each field is related to robotics f or remote control\; mobility for enriched lifestyles\; and hydrogen as a h ighly anticipated clean energy source.\n\nFor Expo 2025\, the target year of the envisioned future society is set as 2050\, which is 20 years ahead of that set in the Group Vision. By that time\, we anticipate that hydroge n-powered robotic and mobility functions will be an essential part of publ ic infrastructure\, so we have decided to express the theme of fulfilling the “Impulse to Move” by leveraging the unique strengths of Kawasaki i n implementing technology in the three fields of robotics\, mobility and h ydrogen.\n\nUnleash your “Impulse to Move” at Expo 2025!\nKawasaki’s exhibition space is designed to evoke the image of the laboratory of a sc ientific genius\, in line with the name “Impulse to Move Lab: Kawasaki F uture World.” The exhibition will be presented in both physical and virt ual settings\, offering visitors opportunities to see CORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM using full-size mock-ups in the physical venue (in Yumeshima\, Osa ka) and experience each of them through avatar images in the virtual space .\nOne of the most important policies of our showcase is to use life-size displays. CORLEO as well as ALICE Rail and the ALICE Cabin will appear in full-scale dimensions to produce a sense of reality. As one of the up-clos e experience opportunities offered in our exhibition\, visitors can look r ight inside a cabin docked to a train car.\n\nMoreover\, we have prepared a set of downloadable “Impulse to Move” logos\, which are available fo r free from the dedicated site. We hope that lots of people will download whichever image they like and customize it by itself or by combining with other images and thus have a positive experience with our “Impulse to Mo ve” project even if they don’t attend the Expo 2025 venue. We believe CORLEO and the ALICE SYSTEM\, two distinctive creations that only Kawasaki could produce\, will leave their mark on the history of the world exposit ion movement. We invite you all to visit our exhibition and check out our offerings first hand. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Articles\n\n https ://kawasaki-corleo.com/kawasakiscorleo/\n\n https://www.kawasaki.eu/en/new s/2025/april/CORLEO--concept-unveiled.html\n\n Video\n\n https://kawasaki- corleo.com/answers-osakakansai-expo2025-professional-trail-runner-ruy-ueda -meets-corleo-🇺🇸🇬🇧-2/\n\n Learned about the Corlea from the fo llowing\n\n https://ameblo.jp/pocopan/entry-12942360989.html\n\n\n\n  \n\ n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Vampire Queens Feast\n\n https://www. deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Vampire-Queens-Feast-loctober-2025-1259420960 \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR