Humanoid & robot atlas
GITAI G1GITAI G12020
CompanyJapanSince 2016

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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Humanoids 1 humanoid

  1. PrototypeGITAI G1GITAI · 2020GITAI G1Price not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet

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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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