Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions. Imagine a ...

ISS Commander Suni Williams helps test out an Astrobee free-flying robot, outfitted with mechanical octopus tentacles to capture dead satellites and hyper-speed space debris, as she orbits the planet ...

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NASA has signed an unfunded Space Act Agreement with Arkisys, Inc. of Los Alamitos, California, to support ongoing operations of the Astrobee robotic system on the International Space Station (ISS).

Astrobee is a free-flying robotic system developed by NASA that is made up of three distinct cube-shaped robots. This system was originally designed to help astronauts who are working at the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—NASA has selected on-orbit service provider Arkisys to sustain and maintain the agency’s free-flying Astrobee robotic system on the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

Humans won’t trek alone in future crewed missions to deep space. Robots are a central part of NASA’s plan for operating and maintaining spacecraft as humans return to the Moon, explore Mars, and ...

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

MOREE, NSW, AUSTRALIA, March 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Arkisys™, a leader in on-orbit services and space robotics operations, and SpacePort Australia ® (SPA ...

In April 2021, Bumble, one of the free-flying Astrobee robots aboard the International Space Station, was put to the test to investigate a simulated anomaly. In the simulation, the station’s life ...