GITAI

A space-robotics startup founded in Japan by Sho Nakanose that moved its headquarters and manufacturing to Torrance, California by the end of 2023. It builds robotic arms, inchworm-type robots, lunar rovers and small satellites for on-orbit servicing and lunar construction, and earlier showed the G1 space humanoid.

Robot models in the atlas: 11 humanoid
First robot: 2020One year so far
Headquarters: TorranceCalifornia, United States

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Can I buy one?Not on sale yetPrototype, pilot or research robots only
What is new?2021-11-08GITAI's S1 arm works autonomously on the ISS

Robots

1 robot model shown in public in 2020. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.

Humanoids 1 humanoid

PrototypeGITAI · 2020GITAI G1Price not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet

What is inside

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What is new

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2021-11-08
GITAI's S1 arm works autonomously on the ISS IEEE Spectrum · GITAI G1

The company

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Founded: 2016
Headquarters: Torrance, California, United States
Focus: space robots for on-orbit servicing and lunar infrastructure
Funding: Series B extension closed Oct 2024 at US$60.5M in total (US$30M May 2023, US$15M Aug 2023, US$15.5M Nov 2024; lead Maezawa Fund); earlier investors include ANRI, 500 Startups Japan, Spiral Ventures, DBJ Capital and J-Power
Partners: JAXA (2019 order; 2025 lunar-rover arm study), Japan's METI (2021 contract), Nanoracks Bishop airlock on the ISS (2021 S1 demo), US Space Force (2026 selection), Missile Defense Agency (SHIELD IDIQ, 2025)

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