# Medicaroid: robotics company

Canonical ID: `49558301-5893-4431-a587-8a683c199c8f`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Koji Muneto (Board Director, CEO and President)
- **Chairman:** Yasuhiko Hashimoto
- **Parent companies:** Kawasaki Heavy Industries + Sysmex (joint venture)
- **Product:** hinotori™ Surgical Robot System
- **Japan approval:** 2020 (first domestic manufacturer)
- **CE mark:** July 2026 (under MDR)
- **Asia-Pacific approvals:** Singapore (2023), Malaysia (2024), Vietnam (2026)
- **Procedures performed:** ~20,000 globally
- **Surgical specialties:** Urology, general surgery, gynecology, thoracic surgery
- **Financial stage:** Joint venture — funded by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex

- **Slug:** medicaroid
- **Founded:** 2013
- **HQ:** Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

## Models

- [hinotori](/models/medicaroid-hinotori.md) (surgical) (id: `f335a065-11e5-4058-923d-781c5420a4cd`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Koji Muneto](/people/koji-muneto.md) CEO & President (SEC-verified)
- [Yasuhiko Hashimoto](/people/yasuhiko-hashimoto.md) Chairman of the Board (SEC-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Kawasaki Heavy Industries x Sysmex — Medicaroid JV](/partnerships/kawasaki-heavy-industries-x-sysmex-medicaroid-jv.md) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sysmex _joint venture_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Medicaroid?

Japanese medical robotics company and joint venture of [Kawasaki Heavy Industries](/companies/kawasaki-heavy-industries) and Sysmex, developing the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System — Japan's first domestically manufactured robotic-assisted surgery platform. Medicaroid obtained Japanese regulatory approval in 2020, received CE mark under MDR in July 2026 for European market entry, and has expanded across Asia-Pacific with approvals in Singapore (2023), Malaysia (2024), and Vietnam (2026). Approximately 20,000 procedures have been performed globally with the hinotori system.

### What does Medicaroid make?

Medicaroid has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: hinotori (Medicaroid builds physical robots).

### Where is Medicaroid headquartered?

Medicaroid is headquartered in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

### Where does Medicaroid operate robots?

Medicaroid is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Medicaroid a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Medicaroid ranks in roughly the top 39% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Medicaroid founded?

Medicaroid was founded in 2013.


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