Torrance, CA, USA – June 13, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), a leading space robotics startup, is pleased to announce that as of May 2023, all the necessary functions required for the development of the Lunar Manipulator and Lunar Rover Flight Models have been successfully implemented at GITAI’s LA office.
Since the opening of its LA office in 2022, GITAI has been expanding its manufacturing capabilities for engineering models and flight models of lunar robots. This expansion includes the introduction of assembly and manufacturing areas, evaluation areas, various environmental testing equipment, including a lunar regolith chamber, and the establishment of operational and control rooms for the flight models.
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About GITAI: GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
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Torrance, CA, USA – June 6, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), a leading space robotics startup, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful demonstration of a GITAI inchworm-type robotic arm equipped with a tool changer function and a GITAI Lunar Robotic Rover in a simulated regolith chamber. The GITAI robots flawlessly executed all planned tasks within the simulated regolith chamber. We are thrilled to share a video highlighting this remarkable technical demonstration.
GITAI, dedicated to providing advanced labor solutions for lunar and Martian infrastructure development, has conducted a series of tests, including environmental assessments in simulated space conditions, an upcoming demonstration outside the ISS, and successful lunar base construction demonstrations in a Mock Lunar Surface Environment. As part of our lunar environment countermeasure testing, GITAI has also developed and tested lunar regolith countermeasures. Concluding the lunar regolith countermeasure test, we have established a regolith chamber facility at the GITAI USA office, featuring a 7-ton regolith simulant (LHS-1E). Within this facility, we conducted comprehensive testing of the GITAI inchworm-type robotic arm and the GITAI Lunar Robotic Rover, successfully accomplishing the following tasks and operations:
Tool changer demonstration:
Sampling regolith using the backhoe tool.
Sampling stones using the gripper tool.
Inchworm arm walking demonstration.
Rover locomotion demonstration.
About GITAI:
GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
Torrance, CA, USA – May 24, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. and GITAI Japan Inc. (GITAI), the world’s leading space robotics startup company, have completed a Series B Extension round of funding totaling 4 billion yen (approximately US$30 million) to accelerate and expand their business and technology development in the US.
The funds raised in this round will be primarily used to achieve the following objectives:
Enhancing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of GITAI’s Lunar Robotic Rover and Lunar Inchworm Type Robotic Arm.
Expanding the Engineering Model/Flight Model Manufacturing Facilities in the US.
Further expansion of employment in the US.
“We are thrilled to further expand our operations in the US,” said Sho Nakanose, GITAI’s Founder & CEO. “While SpaceX and BlueOrigin are reducing the cost of transportation to space by 100 times, we at GITAI are taking on the challenge of reducing labor costs by 100 times. We will provide the most labor for the Moon and Mars and build infrastructure such as solar panels, communication antennas, fuel generators, and habitation modules.”
In this round, GITAI raised funds through a third-party allotment from the following companies and funds, mainly from existing investors:
Global Brain CVC Funds
EP-GB L.P. (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION / Epson X Investment Corporation / Global Brain Corporation)
JGC MIRAI Innovation Fund L.P. (JGC JAPAN CORPORATION / JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION / Global Brain Corporation)
KURONEKO Innovation Fund L.P. (YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. / Global Brain Corporation)
KDDI Open Innovation Fund III L.P. (KDDI CORPORATION / Global Brain Corporation)
DCI Venture Growth Fund (Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd.)
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Ⅸ, Limited Partnership (Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd.)
About GITAI:
GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
GITAI USA Completes Manufacturing Preparation for Lunar Manipulator and Rover Flight Models
NEWSTorrance, CA, USA – June 13, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), a leading space robotics startup, is pleased to announce that as of May 2023, all the necessary functions required for the development of the Lunar Manipulator and Lunar Rover Flight Models have been successfully implemented at GITAI’s LA office.
Since the opening of its LA office in 2022, GITAI has been expanding its manufacturing capabilities for engineering models and flight models of lunar robots. This expansion includes the introduction of assembly and manufacturing areas, evaluation areas, various environmental testing equipment, including a lunar regolith chamber, and the establishment of operational and control rooms for the flight models.
GITAI plans to further expand its local hiring and enhance its flight model manufacturing capabilities using the funds raised in May 2023, totaling approximately US$30 million.
About GITAI:
GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
Company: GITAI USA Inc. (Los Angeles), GITAI Japan, Inc. (Tokyo)
CEO: Sho Nakanose
URL: https://gitai.tech/
Contact Us: info@gitai.tech
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GITAI Successfully Demonstrates Lunar Manipulator and Rover in Simulated Regolith Chamber
NEWSTorrance, CA, USA – June 6, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), a leading space robotics startup, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful demonstration of a GITAI inchworm-type robotic arm equipped with a tool changer function and a GITAI Lunar Robotic Rover in a simulated regolith chamber. The GITAI robots flawlessly executed all planned tasks within the simulated regolith chamber. We are thrilled to share a video highlighting this remarkable technical demonstration.
GITAI, dedicated to providing advanced labor solutions for lunar and Martian infrastructure development, has conducted a series of tests, including environmental assessments in simulated space conditions, an upcoming demonstration outside the ISS, and successful lunar base construction demonstrations in a Mock Lunar Surface Environment. As part of our lunar environment countermeasure testing, GITAI has also developed and tested lunar regolith countermeasures. Concluding the lunar regolith countermeasure test, we have established a regolith chamber facility at the GITAI USA office, featuring a 7-ton regolith simulant (LHS-1E). Within this facility, we conducted comprehensive testing of the GITAI inchworm-type robotic arm and the GITAI Lunar Robotic Rover, successfully accomplishing the following tasks and operations:
About GITAI:
GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
Company: GITAI USA Inc. (Los Angeles), GITAI Japan, Inc. (Tokyo)
CEO: Sho Nakanose
URL: https://gitai.tech/
Contact Us: info@gitai.tech
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Space Robotics Startup GITAI Raises US$30 Million in Funding
NEWSTorrance, CA, USA – May 24, 2023 – GITAI USA Inc. and GITAI Japan Inc. (GITAI), the world’s leading space robotics startup company, have completed a Series B Extension round of funding totaling 4 billion yen (approximately US$30 million) to accelerate and expand their business and technology development in the US.
The funds raised in this round will be primarily used to achieve the following objectives:
“We are thrilled to further expand our operations in the US,” said Sho Nakanose, GITAI’s Founder & CEO. “While SpaceX and BlueOrigin are reducing the cost of transportation to space by 100 times, we at GITAI are taking on the challenge of reducing labor costs by 100 times. We will provide the most labor for the Moon and Mars and build infrastructure such as solar panels, communication antennas, fuel generators, and habitation modules.”
In this round, GITAI raised funds through a third-party allotment from the following companies and funds, mainly from existing investors:
About GITAI:
GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
Company: GITAI USA Inc. (Los Angeles), GITAI Japan, Inc. (Tokyo)
CEO: Sho Nakanose
URL: https://gitai.tech/
Contact Us: info@gitai.tech
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