# HiBot: company

Canonical ID: `343c649c-458d-4cde-ab29-07b2690892a6`

## Key facts

- **Robot:** Pipe-inspection robots including the THESBOT family and SQUID
- **Technology:** THES-Black is designed for 3-4 inch pipes
- **Technology:** THESBOT-Dual is a semi-autonomous inspection robot
- **Capabilities:** Robots can climb vertical pipes and navigate complex bends and T-joints
- **Origin:** Spun out from Tokyo Tech

- **Slug:** hibot
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** Tokyo, Japan

## Models

- [THESBOT-Dual](/models/hibot-thesbot-dual.md) (other) (id: `9236d56b-3feb-4fa8-b4bf-0399cf7b0825`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Michele Guarnieri](/people/michele-guarnieri.md) Co-Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Shigeo Hirose](/people/shigeo-hirose.md) Co-Founder & Director (secondary-verified)
- [Paulo Debenest](/people/paulo-debenest.md) Co-Founder (secondary-verified)

## Founders (3)

- [Michele Guarnieri](/people/michele-guarnieri.md) (cofounder)
- [Shigeo Hirose](/people/shigeo-hirose.md) (cofounder)
- [Paulo Debenest](/people/paulo-debenest.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (1)

1. https://hibot.co.jp/

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