Kawada announces HIRO upper-body humanoid research platform
Evidence notes
- Kawada introduced HIRO as an upper-body humanoid research platform in 2009.
- The dual-arm system was developed for human-robot collaboration research.
Company context
Japanese robotics builder with a long-running humanoid research lineage and a commercial dual-arm industrial robot line. The company's history runs through HRP research platforms and HIRO into the NEXTAGE family.