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HCI is a robotics company founded 2002, based in Japan, developing 1 robot primarily in the Hospitality category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
HCI has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 deployment on record, all maker-verified.
Shipped
1named customer · 1 tied to a specific robot
1 maker-verified · on 1 robot
- Hanshin Koshien Stadium· Japan· Kukuru-kunhci-ltd.co.jp ↗
Robot and AI systems for manufacturing and service work
HCI builds industrial automation equipment, including cable and wire twisting and winding machinery, and develops robot systems such as the takoyaki topping robot Kukuru-kun for service use. The company operates from Izumiotsu, Osaka, and serves manufacturing-related applications in Japan, with additional offices in Saitama and Okinawa. HCI adopted its current name in 2006.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
49.22
RoboScore 49.22 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Izumiotsu, Japan
- Founded
- 2002 · 24 yrs
- Website
- www.hci-ltd.co.jp
RoboScore
49.22 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Adequate evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
4 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #22 of 42·Hospitality·best robot 55.85 + depth 0.00 + news 0.00 = total 55.85
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Milestones
HCI said the takoyaki topping robot 'くくる君' was being used at Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
Company name and organization changed to 株式会社HCI.
Public loss record
Japanese workplace accidents reach the labour ministry and product incidents reach NITE. We read both, and they are small files.
Active products by HCI
1 shown| # | Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kukuru-kun | Hospitality | 2025 | 55.9 |
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