# hinotori at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC): deployment

Canonical ID: `7522ecd0-c532-4c96-b01b-cd3704957057`

First patient surgeries using [hinotori](/models/medicaroid-hinotori.md) performed at Kobe University Hospital's International Clinical Cancer Research Center in December 2020. This was the first clinical use of the made-in-Japan surgical robot.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** medicaroid-hinotori-kobe-hyogo-japan
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [hinotori](/models/medicaroid-hinotori.md) (id: `f335a065-11e5-4058-923d-781c5420a4cd`)
- **Category:** [Surgical robots](/surgical)
- **Company:** [Medicaroid](/companies/medicaroid.md) (id: `49558301-5893-4431-a587-8a683c199c8f`)
- **Location:** [Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC)](/locations/kobe-hyogo-japan.md) (id: `8ba75233-bca5-4cfa-b37f-1882eaa5779a`)
- **First seen:** 2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11130061/

## Common questions

### What is the hinotori deployment at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC)?

hinotori, built by Medicaroid, is recorded as a deployment at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC) on the DEPLOY registry. Medicaroid operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates hinotori at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC)?

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

### When did the hinotori deployment at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the hinotori deployment at Kobe University Hospital (ICCRC)?

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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