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For the Lunar Cruiser, Toyota has created a robotic arm.

The Japanese have an increasing obsession with the Moon.

Toyota automobiles may be found practically anywhere.

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Toyota is working on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface alongside Japan's space agency, with plans to enable humans live on the moon by 2040 and subsequently on Mars, according to corporate executives . The Lunar Cruiser vehicle, which is being developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is named after the Toyota Land Cruiser sport utility vehicle. It will be released in the late 2022. According to Takao Sato, leader of Toyota Motor's Lunar Cruiser project, the vehicle is built on the premise that humans can eat, work, sleep, and converse with others securely in automobiles, and that the same can be done in space.

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'We see space as a place where we can make a once-in-a-generation revolution. We may be able to build telecommunications and other technology that will be beneficial to human existence by travelling to space,' Sato told The Associated Press. Gitai Japan, a Toyota-backed startup, has created a robotic arm for the Lunar Cruiser that can conduct activities like inspection and maintenance. Its 'grapple fixture' allows the arm's end to be adjusted, allowing it to do tasks such as scooping, lifting, and sweeping. Sho Nakanose, Gitai's CEO, believes that the difficulty of blasting off into space has been mostly addressed, but that operating in space comes with significant expenditures and risks for astronauts. He believes that's where robots could help.

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Toyota has been concerned about losing a core business due to changing times since its beginnings in the 1930s. It has dabbled with real estate, yachts, planes, and robotics. Woven City, the company's net-connected sustainable living quarters near Mount Fuji, is expected to launch later this year. The Japanese have an increasing obsession with the Moon. Ispace, a private Japanese company, is developing lunar rovers for landing and circling, with a moon landing planned later this year. Yusaku Maezawa, a businessman who recently filmed films of himself floating around in space on Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Starship, has scheduled an orbit around the moon.

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The lunar project, according to Toyota engineer Shinichiro Noda, is an extension of the automaker's long-standing goal to serve consumers, and the moon may supply significant resources for life on Earth. 'Our aim is to send our autos to the moon,' he stated. 'But this is about sending our automobiles to places we have never been,' says Toyota.