Yaoki
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Yaoki[1][2][3][4][5][6]is a Moon rover made by Japanese companyDymon to be launched in 2023 by American companyAstrobotic Technologyon theirPeregrinelunar lander.Yaokiwas first announced in 2019.
Yaokiweighs 498g and transportation to the Moon costs $1.2 million per kilogram.
Name
[edit]Yaokirefers to the Japanese proverb "Nana korobi ya oki" (jap.: Thất 転び bát khởi き). This proverb means "To get back up again and again, no matter how many times you fail" (literally: "Seven times falling down, rise up" ).[7]
Dymon
[edit]Yaokiis developed by Dymon Co. Ltd.,[8]which is led by robot creator Shinichiro Nakajima. As an automobile engineer, Nakajima also worked on the development ofAudi's four-wheel drive system “quattro”, which was said to be the best on the ground. Dymon was founded by him with the aim of developing the ultimate mobility. Dymon means big gate in Japanese.
Cooperation with the Artemis Program and SpaceBit
[edit]Artemis Program
[edit]As a forerunner inNASA’s lunar development project, theArtemis Program,Yaoki,with its light footwork, aims to contribute to the field of mobility systems.
SpaceBit
[edit]During The 3rd International Moon Village Workshop & Symposium in Kyoto on December 5–8, 2019,Spacebit[9]signed an agreement with Japanese-based space company Dymon on technical and mission collaboration within the next trip to Moon in July 2021.
First, from the technical side, Spacebit and Dymon will cooperate on the Moon as their Lunar roversAsagumoandYaokiwill communicate with the Earth via Astrobotic lander. Within this mission cooperation, Spacebit and Dymon rovers will take each other's photo on the Moon using their own cameras.
Note that earlier in 2019, Spacebit and Dymon signed an agreement to deliver their first lunar roversAsagumoandYaokion Astrobotic's upcoming Peregrine mission in 2021. Astrobotic'sPeregrinelunar lander will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Partners
[edit]- Nihon Unist
- UNIT Co
- Pixies Inc.
- UCHIDA Co
- Kokko Shisetsu Kogyo Co.
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation[10]
- Kyushu Institute of Technology[11]
References
[edit]- ^"@yaoki_space"onTwitter
- ^"Astrobotic, Dymon to Bring Lunar Rover to Moon - Via Satellite -".Via Satellite.October 15, 2019.
- ^October 2019, Mike Wall 18 (18 October 2019)."Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021".Space.com.
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:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"Astrobotic and Dymon Announce Agreement to Bring the First Japanese Lunar Rover to the Moon".Astrobotic.October 14, 2019.
- ^"YAOKI - Japanese Lunar Rover".February 15, 2021.
- ^"Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021".October 21, 2019.
- ^"nana korobi ya oki".
- ^Kulu, Erik."Dymon - Factories in Space".www.factoriesinspace.com.
- ^"Spacebit signed agreement on mission and technical cooperation with Japanese company Dymon".spacebit.com.
- ^Pr, Yaoki (April 14, 2021)."Dymon has signed a partnership agreement with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation | YAOKI".
- ^"Kyukodai Prepares Lunar Rover For Trip to The Moon |".
Videos
[edit]- YAOKIThis little remote robot goes to the Moon in 2021
- Lunar roverYAOKI"The Birth" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “Đản sinh biên”
- Lunar roverYAOKI"Meet HOPE in Tanegashima" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “Chủng tử đảo でHOPEに hội う”
- Lunar roverYAOKI"IAC2019 to Astrobotic" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “IAC2019 to Astrobotic”
- Nguyệt diện ロボYAOKI“Bất tử thân なり”
- 【 nguyệt diện tham tra YAOKI】スタートアップ thuyết minh hội に hành ってきました!
- Lunar roverYAOKI"Autumn in Kyoto" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “Kinh đô の thu”
- Lunar roverYAOKI"CEATEC2019" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “CEATEC2019”
- Lunar roverYAOKI"SORA-FES ABLab" / nguyệt diện tham tra xa YAOKI “Trụ フェス ABLab”
- Nguyệt diện へ mộng のせて đinh công tràng phát の tiểu hình tham tra ロボ