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GITAI Defense and Space LLC

USA
Models offered4

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Founded2016Company origin · USA
HeadquartersTorrance, California, USAPrimary company location
Robotics since10+ yearsFirst robotics work or public program
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GITAI Defense and Space LLC robot models

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4 models
Model 1Research & Development
GITAI Defense and Space LLC

16U Satellite

Space Robots

GITAI's 16U Satellite (GITAI SC1) is an in-house-developed 16U CubeSat technology demonstration satellite, launched December 2024 aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 Bandwagon-2 mission. It successfully validated GITAI's custom spacecraft bus and control systems by deploying a tethered target and observing it via cameras, LiDAR, and a laser rangefinder, achieving "Full Success" across all three mission criteria (communication, system functionality, and data acquisition). GITAI states the ~20kg satellite bus can be manufactured and sold for approximately $1 million with a 6-month lead time, serving as a precursor to the company's planned on-orbit servicing satellite products.

Commercially available as a satellite bus product — GITAI states this ~20kg satellite bus can be manufactured and sold · 16U (2×2×4U) CubeSat
G-1 by GITAI Defense and Space LLCModel 2Research & Development
GITAI Defense and Space LLC

G-1

Space Robots

GITAI G1 is a general-purpose, dual-arm humanoid space robot developed by GITAI Inc., designed to perform manipulation, assembly, and servicing tasks inside and outside space stations and future lunar bases. It combines AI autonomy with teleoperation via GITAI's proprietary "H1" control system, and has completed a successful ISS technology demonstration (2021) and simulated in-space assembly/manufacturing tasks (2022). GITAI has since secured contracts with Japan's METI and JAXA to continue developing related space robotics technology.

8 per arm · 3 torso
Model 3Space and Defense Technologies
GITAI Defense and Space LLC

GITAI Lunar Rover R1.5

Mobile Robots (AMR)

280 kg four-wheel autonomous lunar work rover designed to perform construction, resource extraction, inspection, maintenance and manipulation tasks for future lunar infrastructure.

Demonstrated on the first rover generation · Distributed controller for each arm joint and each wheel unit
Model 4Research & Development
GITAI Defense and Space LLC

R1 (Lunar Rover)

Space Robots

GITAI R1 is a four-wheeled lunar rover with dual 1.5-meter robotic arms, developed by GITAI in partnership with JAXA. In December 2021/February 2022, it successfully completed technology demonstrations at JAXA's Sagamihara mock lunar surface facility — driving over rocks, climbing 15–20° slopes, assembling a solar-panel base structure, and collecting soil samples, controlled via VR teleoperation. It has since been succeeded by the R1.5 model, GITAI's current commercially marketed lunar rover.

Autonomous / teleoperation · 8+1 per arm
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