An Astrobee robotic free-flyer with tentacle-like arms was tested in a demonstration experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who is currently serving as ...

NASA's yellow robotic bee is back at its space hive. The yellow Astrobee free-flying robot, part of a set of three, is safely working on the International Space Station (ISS) after a flight to 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 ...

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A pair of free-flying Astrobee robotic assistants test automated rendezvous maneuvers using an algorithm for the ROAM, or Relative Operations for Autonomous Maneuvers, technology demonstration inside ...

Life in space is anything but dull, as astronaut Sunita Williams demonstrates in new photos shared by NASA. In the pictures, Williams, who has been in space for six months now, is seen imitating the ...

NASA's trio of robots known as Astrobee have completed the first phase of a project to test whether an autonomous system can provide spacecraft monitoring, maintenance and incident response. NASA's 12 ...

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 ...

Matthias Maurer: Astrobee is a free-flying robot that could soon be very helpful to us on the @iss and in future space missions. Here I’m supporting the ground teams of MIT and European universities ...

The robot's flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris management. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The robot's flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris management. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...