Shigeo Hirose (広瀬 茂男, Hirose Shigeo)[1] (born 1947 in Tokyo) is a pioneer of robotics technology[2][3] and a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Born in Tokyo and attending Hibiya High School, he graduated from Yokohama National University in 1971 and received a Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1976 where he later took professorship.
[citation needed] His works includes designs for robots capable of various types of movement such as walking, crawling, swimming and slithering.
[4] Specific designs include a "ninja-robot" capable of climbing buildings and a seven-ton robot capable of climbing mountainous slopes with the aim of installing bolts in the ground so as to prevent landslides.
[5] Hirose is also involved in work with the United Nations to develop a remotely controlled robot capable of clearing landmines.