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GITAI successfully completed all planned tasks in an external demonstration focusing on in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM).
GITAI successfully completed lunar environment testing for the major components of its in-house developed lunar Inchworm-type robotic arm in June 2023.
GITAI USA Inc. has successfully delivered its 1.5-meter-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (NG-20).
In 2021, GITAI successfully completed a technology demonstration of its S1 autonomous space robot, executing tasks related to assembling structures and operating switches and cables.
GITAI plans to launch the 'GITAI S2' robot to the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2024.
GITAI USA Inc. has successfully completed its corporate inversion, transitioning its headquarters and parent company from GITAI Japan, Inc. to GITAI USA Inc. in Torrance, California.
The announcement regarding GITAI USA's corporate inversion comes nearly one year after the company first launched operations in the U.S.
GITAI initially raised $17,000,000 for its Series B round in 2021 and added $30,000,000 to the round in May 2024.
GITAI USA Inc. successfully completed lunar environment testing for its lunar Inch-worm type robotic arm components.
GITAI plans to expand its Engineering Model/Flight Model Manufacturing Facilities in the US.
Most components on GITAI's Inchworm are similar to the company's 1.5-meter S2 robotic arm system, which GITAI expects to upgrade from TRL 6 to TRL 7 with an upcoming demonstration outside the International Space Station.
GITAI first demonstrated its robotic technology onboard the International Space Station in 2021 when its S1 space system assembled structures and operated switches from inside the Bishop Airlock.
The thermostatic chamber test for GITAI's robot operated at low temperatures of -60°C and high temperatures of +90°C.
The GITAI autonomous space robot S1 successfully completed all planned activities during the technology demonstration.
GITAI Japan, Inc. successfully launched the GITAI S1 robot aboard the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft on August 29 at 3:14 AM EDT.