# ATOUN MODEL Y at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan: deployment

Canonical ID: `841f3509-3eff-46bc-8049-67179613c743`

12 MODEL Y units delivered to Hamada Kagaku Co. food recycling centers for workers handling heavy containers of collected meat fats. [ATOUN](/companies/atoun.md) aimed to deliver 20 units to recycling companies in fiscal 2018. Deployment ended when ATOUN dissolved in April 2022.

## Key facts

- **Fleet size:** 12 units
- **Operator:** Hamada Kagaku Co., Ltd.
- **Use case:** Food recycling — lifting heavy meat fat containers

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** atoun-model-y-amagasaki-hyogo-japan
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [ATOUN MODEL Y](/models/atoun-model-y.md) (id: `37bb6ec7-7ac5-4889-aa37-b4d58f3f54b0`)
- **Category:** [Exoskeletons](/exoskeletons)
- **Company:** [ATOUN](/companies/atoun.md) (id: `ea82db07-5833-4d62-a110-2b6734ba5fb4`)
- **Location:** [Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan](/locations/japan/amagasaki-hyogo-japan.md) (id: `e83682fe-c306-4775-b9bb-74c54acaccef`)
- **First seen:** 2018-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **ATOUN Introduces the Powered Wear ATOUN MODEL Y into the Food Recycling Business** · https://news.panasonic.com/global/topics/5214 · 2018-08-09

## Common questions

### What is the ATOUN MODEL Y deployment at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan?

ATOUN MODEL Y, built by ATOUN, is recorded as a deployment at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan on the DEPLOY registry. ATOUN operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates ATOUN MODEL Y at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan?

ATOUN, the manufacturer of ATOUN MODEL Y, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the ATOUN MODEL Y deployment at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting August 9, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the ATOUN MODEL Y deployment at Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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