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Overview
Japanese medical robotics company and joint venture of 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.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO
Chairman
Parent companies
Product
Japan approval
CE mark
Asia-Pacific approvals
Procedures performed
Surgical specialties
Financial stage
Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Koji Muneto CEO & PresidentSEC-verified
- Yasuhiko Hashimoto Chairman of the BoardSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Medicaroid.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Medicaroid in third-party press
Partnerships (1)
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries x Sysmex — Medicaroid JV with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sysmexjoint venture
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Common questions
- What is Medicaroid?
- Japanese medical robotics company and joint venture of 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).
- Who is the CEO of Medicaroid?
- Koji Muneto is the ceo of Medicaroid, per the DEPLOY registry.
- 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.
- Is Medicaroid safe?
- Medicaroid has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Medicaroid.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Medicaroid from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Medicaroid wins Europe's CE mark for Hinotori surgical robot
Medicaroid received the CE mark for its Hinotori surgical robot, enabling European market entry. The joint venture of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex has performed ~20,000…
Medicaroid Receives Regulatory Approval in Vietnam for the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System
Medicaroid received regulatory approval in Vietnam for the hinotori Surgical Robot System, continuing its Asia-Pacific expansion after Singapore and Malaysia.
Medicaroid — Company Message and Background
Medicaroid was jointly established by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex in 2013 in Kobe, Japan, to develop robotic-assisted surgery systems for an aging society. Obtained…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/medicaroid.md
- RSS feed: /companies/medicaroid/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/49558301-5893-4431-a587-8a683c199c8f
- Revision history: /companies/medicaroid/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Full in depth how to use the Medicaroid Hinotori soft tissue surgical robot. Deep instructions on how to set up and tear down - all about the way the boom works - the surgeon console and the instruments. In depth review
Take a look at Medicaroid’s hinotori™ inside the OR. hinotori™ was developed as a robotic-assisted surgery system to reproduce the surgeon’s sensitive movement
Testing out Medicaroid's hinotori™ at Orsi Academy. hinotori™ was developed as a robotic-assisted surgery system to reproduce the surgeon’s sensitive movement,
This video will provide you into a quick sneak peak about Medicaroid, its history and about our product hinotori™! hinotori™ is the first surgical robot system
Videos courtesy of Medicaroid, www.medicaroid.com or https://www.linkedin.com/company/medicaroid-europe-gmbh
Here I delve deep into the Japanese surgical robot Hinotori by Medicaroid. A large format boom robot used to perform robotic laparoscopic surgery. This is for
Medicaroid is extremely grateful to share the story and the growth of our company, our people, and especially our product- hinotori™. Our proud founders, Hash
A Grand Milestone in a Growing Partnership! 🚀 At Medicaroid Europe GmbH, we believe that strong partnerships are the cornerstone of innovation and growth. W
We visited Medicaroid in Belgium to take a look at their hinotori™ robotic assisted surgery system. hinotori™ was developed as a robotic-assisted surgery syst
Reality vs attention
Medicaroid draws attention at the 68th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among surgical robots.
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026