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Japan is a robotics company founded 1960, based in Japan, developing 1 robot primarily in the Research category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Japan has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 cited customer but no deployment on record.
Shipped
1customer cited
named in a public source · no deployment on record
- JAXA· 2024takaratomy.co.jp ↗
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against Japan.
In Research & Prototype, Saildrone, HEBI Robotics and NASA have deployment evidence on file.
Add a deployment →Toy and entertainment company developing the ultra-compact lunar robot SORA-Q
Takara Tomy is a Japanese toy and entertainment company that co-developed SORA-Q, an ultra-compact, transformable lunar robot used in the SLIM mission with JAXA, Sony Group, and Doshisha University. Its robotics-related work here is space exploration hardware rather than commercial industrial robots, with the product aimed at lunar imaging and mobility demonstrations.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
31.71
RoboScore 31.71 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- Legal name
- Japan (Takara Tomy, JAXA, Doshisha University)
- HQ
- Takarazuka, Japan
- Founded
- 1960 · 66 yrs
- Website
- www.takaratomy.co.jp/english
- View profile ↗
RoboScore
31.71 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Weak evidence
Products, Range, Traction set the number — the three factors present for every company. Activity, Attention, Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
5 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Awards & recognition
- New Space Award for development and technical demonstration of Japan's first and world's smallest lunar robot, SORA-Qwww8.cao.go.jp ↗
Milestones
SORA-Q captured and transmitted an image of the SLIM spacecraft on the lunar surface.
Press coverage
Research & Prototype buying guides
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