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Hiromichi Fujimoto

Founder and President of ATOUN, a Panasonic in-house venture established in 2003 to develop powered-wear exoskeletons. Conceived the arms support concept prior to founding the company and led development of the ATOUN MODEL Y hip-assist suit. Previously an executive at Panasonic Holdings. ATOUN was dissolved at the end of April 2022.

Japanese · 1 founding


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Foundings (1)

  • ATOUNno longer at company

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Former / Previously (2)

  • ATOUN Founder & President? to 2022-04-30Secondary-verified
  • Panasonic Holdings Founder & President, ATOUN (Panasonic in-house venture)Secondary-verified

Sources (5)

  1. https://news.panasonic.com/global/topics/5270
  2. https://news.panasonic.com/global/topics/5214
  3. https://news.panasonic.com/global/topics/5162
  4. https://exoskeletonreport.com/2022/04/notice-of-dissolution-of-atoun-inc/
  5. https://www.japan.go.jp/tomodachi/2020/autumn2020/powered_exoskeletons.html

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