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Toy and entertainment company developing the ultra-compact lunar robot SORA-Q
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How it worksThe score is 65% robots, 30% proof from customers and the press, 5% range of robots. Activity and readiness are shown for context.
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Add a deployment →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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Japan (Takara Tomy, JAXA, Doshisha University)
- HQ
- Takarazuka, Japan
- Founded
- 1960 · 66 yrs
- Website
- www.takaratomy.co.jp/english
Safety reports
Japanese workplace accidents reach the labour ministry and product incidents reach NITE. We read both, and they are small files.
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 ↗
Press coverage
Milestones
SORA-Q captured and transmitted an image of the SLIM spacecraft on the lunar surface.
- 2022launch
Launched SORA-Q
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