19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
... and is focused on developing miniaturised technology to discover, map, and utilise resources in space. The company is also behind Team Hakuto, a contender in the Google Lunar XPRIZE with aims to send the first privately developed micro-rover to the...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
...-body dynamics simulations. The Space Robotics Lab has actively participated in the development of Team Hakuto’s rover. Hakuto is one of the five teams currently taking part in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. Their rover is expected to be launched towards...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... GLXP judging panel. These two leading teams were Team Indus, from India, having both a lander and a rover, and Team Hakuto, from Japan, with a rover being carried as a passenger on the Team Indus lander. In October 2017, the Mission...