[Releasing Next Week] 300kg Payload! Successful Test Flight of the Dream Ultra-Large Industrial Drone! Actual Machine Exhibition and Test Flight Video, Premiering in Tokyo! 4/27-5/1 Architecture Institute Gallery (Tamachi)

Large space-frame drone "Hikorobo" is an ultra-lightweight, high-strength aircraft expected to play an active role in labor-saving and solving labor shortages in land, sea, and air, such as construction, transportation, and rescue. It can be folded and transported by a light truck on farm roads and forest roads. The separated units can be transported manually off-road in mountains and disaster areas.
Exhibition period: April 27 (Mon) - May 1 (Fri) 10:00 - 18:00
Exhibition venue: Architecture Institute Gallery (5-26-20 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JR Tamachi Station, Subway Mita Station)
The actual machine will be exhibited at the "Architecture Concept and Trajectory" exhibition. Photo panels of successive drones and space frames will also be exhibited along with photos of design works by MIA Architectural Design Office.
Low cost with lease/rental, similar to construction equipment, transportation, and lifting equipment! Ideal for new businesses in business proxy and maintenance inspection!
"Hikorobo" does not require a runway and can take off and land from empty land. It is piloted from the ground with a proportional transmitter using open software ardupilot and mission planner. It can also be flown automatically. The flight range is 5 to 10 km. The cruising time depends on the installed battery capacity.
The space frame of the aircraft is an ultra-lightweight, high-strength structure connecting square pyramid units of carbon pipes. It is extremely safe with a propeller guard on the outer periphery. The units can be separated and folded, and transported on mountain roads and wastelands by light trucks, etc.
Techno System Co., Ltd. researched and developed the architectural space truss "Techno Truss", which has been adopted in over 1,000 large-scale buildings nationwide. The largest is a factory with a span of 65m and 15,000 square meters. This truss has a steel pipe structure, is high-strength, and is low-cost. By applying this technology, an ultra-lightweight, high-strength large drone was realized.
Low-price mass-production pre-order and next-generation development aircraft
A low-price mass-production aircraft is also under development! Aircraft, motor, FC, battery, etc. are purely domestic, with an eye on overseas expansion! First pre-order of 100 units at Japan Drone 2026 (6/3-6/5 Makuhari Messe)!
The next development aircraft aims for a maximum takeoff weight of 1,200 kg.
(Test flight video September 2025)
Specifications
Motor arrangement: Quad, Hexa, Octa
Size: 3m x 3m, 6m x 6m, 5m x 5m
Propeller: 40 inches, 62 inches, 62 inches
Aircraft weight: 100kg, 150kg, 200kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 400kg, 600kg, 800kg
Aircraft structure: Space frame, carbon pipe
Power source: Lipo battery
Features and goals of the space frame drone "Hikorobo"
- Largest payload in Japan (300kg)
- Solving labor shortages
- Work in high places and dangerous areas
- Areas where people cannot enter
- Reduction of transportation costs
This event is recommended for those who:
- Want to enter the drone business, which is said to be the industrial revolution of the sky
- Want to invest in a drone business with high future potential
- Want to drastically solve labor shortages with transportation drones in all industrial fields
Techno System Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yumio Moriya), which has researched and developed the space frame "Techno Truss" and realized more than 1,000 large structures nationwide, will exhibit the actual machine and release flight videos of the ultra-large industrial drone R4-62, which can solve labor shortages in all industrial fields with a maximum loading capacity of 300 kg, at the Architecture Institute Gallery (5-26-20 Shiba, Minato-ku) from April 27 (Mon) to May 1 (Fri), 2027. We will guide business operators considering introduction with content that makes it easy to imagine actual operation.
It supports a wide range of scenes, from emergency relief supply transportation and support for fire/power infrastructure, material transportation at construction sites, to material transportation to mountainous areas, disaster rescue, and emergency transportation, safely demonstrating the resolution of labor shortages and efficiency.
Maximum payload of 300-400kg
Hikorobo adopts an ultra-lightweight, high-strength techno truss structure and 62-inch carbon blades, realizing massive propulsion and high-efficiency flight performance.
- Maximum payload: 300kg (6r-62) to 400kg (8R-62)
- Maximum flight distance: Depends on installed battery capacity
- Maximum flight altitude: 150m (regulatory limit)
- Farthest flight distance: Around 5km (limited to visual line of sight)
Application areas where introduction is progressing
Hikorobo is a new model that takes on the heavy lift area, which was difficult for conventional logistics drones. This includes material transportation and lifting at construction sites, material transportation on mountains and mountain trails (construction/mountain hut supplies), member transportation at infrastructure inspection sites, disaster/emergency relief supply transportation, and power/communication equipment member transportation.
By changing the drone aircraft from the conventional type to a space frame, increasing the size becomes the keyword.