Honda Motor Co

Building a circulative renewable energy system on the lunar surface by leveraging Honda fuel cell technologies and high differential pressure water electrolysis technologies.

Created: 2021-12-24

Updated: 2023-03-04

Company - Honda Motor Co

Founded
Country
1948
Japan
Website
Honda Motor
Social
Honda Motor Co

Product/Service

Classification
Space Resources
Category
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Space Resources
Resources - Energy
Space Robotics
Robotic Arm
Fields
Moon
Status
Development
First launch
Not announced

Applying Honda's multi-fingered robotic hand, AI-supported remote control function, and highly-responsive torque control technologies to remotely-controlled robots which will perform tasks on the lunar surface.

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