GITAI build the remote controlled robot to replace astronaut's operations in commercial space stations.
Created: 2020-05-18
Updated: 2022-09-18
Service
- Classification
- Surface Spacecraft
- Category
- Space Robotics
Commercial Rover
- Fields
- Robot Astronaut
- Status
- 3) Development
- First launch
- 2023
Movement of human to the low-earth orbit space station, and task on the site are subject to quite high cost as well as to safety issues. GITAI challenge to reduce the cost ten times lower by replacing humans with robots for movements to the low-earth orbit space station and tasks in the site.
On-orbit demonstration mission for the company’s robotic technology, which will show its efficacy in performing in-space satellite servicing work. That mission is currently set to take place in 2023.
Demo of GITAI's Lunar Robotic Rover R1 at JAXA’s Mock Lunar Surface Environment.