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{{Infobox company
| name = Kondo Kagaku co., ltd
| logo = KO PROPO logo.svg
| trading_name =
| native_name = 近藤科学株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name =
| founded =             {{start date|1964|09|01}}<!-- if known:  in [[city]], [[country]] -->
| founder =             Kinjiro Kondo
| defunct =             <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| hq_location =
| hq_location_city = [[Arakawa, Tokyo]]
| hq_location_country = [[Japan]]
| coordinates =
| num_locations =
| num_locations_year =   <!-- Year of num_locations data (when known) -->
| area_served =         <!-- or: | areas_served = -->
| key_people = Hirotoshi Kondo
| products =
| brands = KO Propo<br>Digiace (defunct)
| assets = 5,000,000,000 JPY
| assets_year =         <!-- Year of assets data (when known) -->
| num_employees = 24
| num_employees_year =  <!-- Year of num_employees data (when known) -->
| website =             {{URL|kopropo.com}}
| intl =                <!-- Set positively ("true"/"yes"/etc) if company is international, otherwise omit -->
}}
'''KO PROPO''' is a brand of [[radio control]] equipment and [[humanoid robot]] ([[KHR-1]]) by Kondo Kagaku, established in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] in 1945.
In 1982 KO PROPO introduced the Expert EX-1, reported to have been the first to integrate a [[pistol grip]] into a transmitter device with a gun [[trigger (firearms)|trigger]] to act as the throttle, which later became a popular fixture in radio controlled transmitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ymr.no/historie.htm|title=Modellbilens historie|work=ymr.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5886|title=RC10Talk.com – View topic – A comprehensive history of Ko Propo EX1 (1982–2002)|work=rc10talk.com}}</ref>
{{As of|2016}} the company had won 32 [[International Federation of Model Auto Racing|IFMAR World]] titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kopropo.com/america/ralph-burch-jr-is-world-champion/|title=Ralph Burch Jr is World Champion|work=kopropo.com}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kopropo.com/ KO PROPO USA]
{{Electronics industry in Japan}}
{{Radio-controlled models}}
{{Robot kits}}
[[Category:Japanese companies established in 1945]]
[[Category:Companies based in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Radio-controlled transmitter]]
[[Category:Robotics companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Robotics in Japan]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese brands]]
[[Category:Technology companies established in 1945]]
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