GITAI

GITAI is a Japanese-American company founded in Tokyo in 2016 that builds robots for work in space rather than on Earth. Its lineup includes the G1 torso robot with arms, the Inchworm robot installed on a commercial module of the International Space Station, the S3 servicing satellite for work in orbit, the GSAT platform and a lunar rover. The G1 was unveiled in January 2020 and has pilot status, not series sales, which makes sense given that the market for servicing in orbit and on the Moon is only now emerging. Funding and headcount are unconfirmed. The maker's price line is: "depends on customer requirements." Servicing work in orbit defines GITAI's offering. The company is an isolated case among the makers profiled on this site, because its robots will go neither to a factory nor to a home. For how industry approaches ground-based humanoids, read “Humanoid Robots in Factories 2026”; the torso-with-arms design itself is close to what “How Does a Humanoid Robot Work” describes.

One confirmed model is covered here: the GITAI G1. It is a humanoid torso robot 200 cm tall with 21 degrees of freedom (DOF), meant for space work: on the ISS, in orbit and for lunar uses. Its status is pilot, and the price depends on the customer's order. Beyond the G1, the maker lists the Inchworm robot, the S3 satellite and the GSAT platform. Comparison with other robots is hard, because GITAI plays in a different league. Closest are research and showcase humanoids such as the Engineered Arts Ameca or the Toyota T-HR3, and designs from research institutions: DLR and NASA. The specialist category collects such machines under “Specialist robots”; laboratory uses are covered under “Laboratories”. The term DOF is explained in “Degrees of Freedom (DOF) in Humanoid Robots”. For completeness, the G1 shows the direction: a robot is meant to work where every kilogram in orbit costs a fortune, so the design must be light and capable of remote operation. Pilot status means the company is testing its solutions in practice and is not yet delivering robots in series. The figures come from maker sheets and public listings, so some parameters, such as payload, remain unknown.

GITAI has no confirmed funding rounds, valuation or headcount, so we make no claims about scale. Its position is nonetheless clearly defined and niche: servicing robots in space, where every deployment is a one-off project. Competition looks nothing like the market for classic humanoids. Alongside the company stand institutions: NASA as an agency and German Aerospace Center, Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics as a research institute, and in the segment of robots for difficult environments Sarcos Technology and Robotics is also active. The Polish companies Scanway S.A. and Creotech Instruments work in the space sector, though not as robot makers. A price that "depends on the customer" says it plainly: there is no list price and no retail market, only commissioned development. It is a specialized business that has to be judged by contracts, not by units sold. For a market watcher, what will matter more than the number of robots is the next contracts and missions.

For Poland, GITAI's segment is operationally irrelevant: the G1 is marked as unavailable locally, and we know of no distributor or deployments. It may matter, though, as a technological reference point for the national space sector: Polish companies in that field, such as Scanway S.A. and Creotech Instruments, and robotics institutions including Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – PIAP, can follow this technology for inspiration. No specific cooperation programs with GITAI have been confirmed. A broader picture of the Polish scene is in “Polish Robotics Companies”. For pupils and students it is also a good topic for talking about careers in space robotics.

GITAI is a fascinating but distant business: robots for work in space, with the G1 at pilot stage and a price "by order." You will not buy one for a factory, and you will not see it on a Polish shop floor. It is worth following because it shows how far robotics reaches when humans cannot work. If you ever hear about a satellite being repaired by a robot, it will probably be someone from this field. For Polish companies it is inspiration, not an offer.