# hinotori at Shizuoka Cancer Center: deployment

Canonical ID: `546b7d05-b8ee-4141-884d-9f307aaf1e0c`

[Shizuoka Cancer Center](/locations/shizuoka-shizuoka-japan.md) launched the world's first clinical study for autonomous surgery with [hinotori](/models/medicaroid-hinotori.md) in December 2023. Also performs robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** medicaroid-hinotori-shizuoka-shizuoka-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:** [Shizuoka Cancer Center](/locations/shizuoka-shizuoka-japan.md) (id: `552fc0db-c6a3-4e20-b995-4a55b97a041f`)
- **First seen:** 2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.scchr.jp/en/topics/topics_20231221.html

## Common questions

### What is the hinotori deployment at Shizuoka Cancer Center?

hinotori, built by Medicaroid, is recorded as a deployment at Shizuoka Cancer Center on the DEPLOY registry. Medicaroid operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates hinotori at Shizuoka Cancer Center?

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 Shizuoka Cancer Center go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the hinotori deployment at Shizuoka Cancer Center?

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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