Toyota heading to moon with cruiser, robotic arms, dreams | AP News

“We see space as an area for our once-in-a-century transformation.

Gitai Japan Inc., a venture contracted with Toyota, has developed a robotic arm for the Lunar Cruiser, designed to perform tasks such as inspection and maintenance.

Since its founding in the 1930s, Toyota has fretted about losing a core business because of changing times.

Businessman Yusaku Maezawa, who recently took videos of himself floating around in the International Space Station, has booked an orbit around the moon aboard Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Starship.

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