Full Name
Hitachi, Ltd.
About
Hitachi, Ltd. (日立) is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate, founded in 1910 by Namihei Odaira (company established 1920), headquartered at 1-6-6 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with businesses spanning digital systems and services, green energy, mobility, connected industry, semiconductors and storage, consistently ranked in the Fortune Global 500. In robotics, Hitachi developed the EMIEW humanoid robot series (EMIEW 2005, EMIEW 2 2007, EMIEW 3 2016); EMIEW 3 is 90 cm / 15 kg with two-wheel balanced fast movement (up to 9 km/h), autonomous obstacle avoidance, dialogue and human-robot collaboration for office and public-service scenarios.
Technical Overview
Company Stage
Demo
Focus Application
Service
Robot Products
1
Contact Information
Address
1-6-6 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Robot Products
Development Timeline
2005
Unveiled first-generation EMIEW humanoid robot
2007
Unveiled EMIEW 2 humanoid robot
2016
Released EMIEW 3 (90 cm / 15 kg, max 9 km/h)
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