{"id":6811,"date":"2024-06-14T21:45:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/gitai-selected-for-phase-1-of-nasas-small-business-innovation-research-program\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:45:18","slug":"gitai-selected-for-phase-1-of-nasas-small-business-innovation-research-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/gitai-selected-for-phase-1-of-nasas-small-business-innovation-research-program\/","title":{"rendered":"GITAI Selected for Phase 1 of NASA\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/git_C_638539444542136606.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"GITAI Selected for Phase 1 of NASA\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research Program\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/git_C_638539444542136606.jpg\" style=\"opacity: 0.850766;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/git_C_638539444542136606.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>GITAI<strong><\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s leading space robotics startups has announced that it has been selected for NASA\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 program. The NASA SBIR Phase 1 project, titled \u201c<strong>Assembly and Outfitting of Tall Truss-Based Power Towers<\/strong><strong><\/strong>,\u201d aims to build tall truss-based towers on the Moon using autonomous lunar robots. These towers can serve as communication antennas and solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this contract, GITAI has been developing a lunar robotic rover and an <strong>inchworm-type robotic arm<\/strong> capable of building lunar infrastructure. GITAI has also been awarded the 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study contract by the <strong><\/strong>Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)<strong><\/strong> to build lunar infrastructure using the GITAI lunar robot.<\/p>\n<p>In March of this year, GITAI successfully demonstrated the construction of a 5-meter tower using its lunar robotic rover and inchworm-type robotic arm in the Mojave Desert, proving that tower construction by an autonomous robot is feasible in a gravity environment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to testing the task performance of its lunar autonomous robots, GITAI has been continuously conducting environmental tests and evaluations of safety and reliability. In the external demonstration at the ISS in March this year, GITAI\u2019s dual-arm autonomous robot successfully performed all planned operations outside the ISS. The robot arm, with all components developed in-house by GITAI, has reached NASA\u2019s Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL7)<strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>GITAI is also actively engaged in lunar environmental tests, aiming to develop a lunar autonomous robot capable of building infrastructure on the Moon. Through the NASA SBIR \u201c<em>Assembly and Outfitting of Tall Truss-Based Power Towers<\/em>\u201d project, GITAI will accelerate the research and development of lunar autonomous robots capable of constructing infrastructure such as communication antennas and solar panels on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jg8nTe1QlEQ?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GITAI, one of the world\u2019s leading space robotics startups has announced that it has been selected for NASA\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 program. The NASA SBIR Phase 1 project, titled \u201cAssembly and Outfitting of Tall Truss-Based Power Towers,\u201d aims to build tall truss-based towers on the Moon using autonomous lunar robots. 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