{"id":68565,"date":"2026-06-22T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68565"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:08:11","slug":"initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two months ago, Japanese space development company Space Entry launched a CAMPFIRE<\/a> crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for their upcoming Minna no Haro <\/strong>project, sponsored by Bandai Namco Filmworks. As part of the \u201cHELLO HARO\u201d mission, the goal of the project is to send an autonomous space robot into orbit to support Japanese astronauts on the International Space Station. What makes this project even more intriguing, however, is that the autonomous robot is based on Haro, the cute mascot of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and is designed by mech designer Kunio Okawara himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Haro<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Following its launch on April 17, the crowdfunding campaign reached its goal of 3 million yen (roughly $18.5k USD) in only two days. Roughly two months later, on June 16, Space Entry announced<\/a> that the project had managed to raise more than 12 million yen, which is 400% of its original goal. At the time of writing, the total amount raised sits at about 12.75 million yen ($78.8k USD). With only 8 days left until the end of the campaign, the company is hoping to reach the stretch goal of 13 million yen. One reason why the project ended up being so popular (aside from turning the dreams of many Gundam fans into reality) could be the fact that it offers special rewards for backers who want to be directly involved in the HELLO HARO mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot itself was made to resemble the fictional Gundam character as much as possible, down to its features. It includes 360-degree propulsion via propellers, and even AI-based conversational skills, which allows it to directly talk to and interact with Japanese astronauts. If all preparations go as planned, Mina no Haro will hopefully be launched into space in Winter 2026, with further experiments in orbit scheduled for 2027. According to the company, findings of the experiments are set to be used for the development of future generations of space robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Japanese scientists develop Mobile Suit Gundam\u2019s Beam Saber-inspired plasma technology that could help grow and fertilize crops in space<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":64814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-06-22T10:08:17+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mound5uelj2d","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mound5uelj2d\",\"cid\":\"bafyreihas26ktdyoaj3i4tnmwlttgbvgjjyxbja6k7adrp3roppy6h3jo4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreie6n6lm4uuswigqesxsyqjozwlsi2ybi3njafdoidkzjmm2j5mylu\",\"rev\":\"3mound5ukgz2d\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[17,66],"class_list":["post-68565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-non-gaming-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nInitiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-22T10:08:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-22T10:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0110or\u0111e P\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0110or\u0111e P\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2026-06-22T10:08:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-22T10:08:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\u0110or\u0111e P","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u0110or\u0111e P","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/"},"author":{"name":"\u0110or\u0111e P","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e62deb6406bad91fe5f441afc29c1696"},"headline":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal","datePublished":"2026-06-22T10:08:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-22T10:08:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/"},"wordCount":347,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg","keywords":["News (Japan-related)","Non-Gaming News"],"articleSection":["News","Non-Gaming News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/","name":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-22T10:08:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-22T10:08:11+00:00","description":"The Mobile Suit Gundam crowdfunding campaign has managed to fund more than 12 million yen in only 2 months.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260407-648110001.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"Hello Haro"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/initiative-to-launch-real-life-mobile-suit-gundam-haro-robot-into-space-crowdfunds-over-400-of-original-goal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Initiative to launch real-life Mobile Suit Gundam Haro robot into space crowdfunds over 400% of original goal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e62deb6406bad91fe5f441afc29c1696","name":"\u0110or\u0111e P","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/profil-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/profil-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/profil-150x150.jpg","caption":"\u0110or\u0111e P"},"description":"Automaton West Editor","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/djordje-p\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68567,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68565\/revisions\/68567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}