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China develops “space spider” robot concept for orbital construction, report says

Nearly half a century after NASA engineers first sketched a machine that could spin massive structures in orbit like a spider ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Space spider reborn: China revives NASA’s orbital construction robot dream

Chinese researcher are reportedly developing their own version of NASA’s “SpiderFab” orbital fabrication autonomous ...
The Debrief

“Icarus is Building the Robotic Labor Force for Space”: Voyager Technologies is Sending a Next-Generation Zero Gravity Robot on a ‘Joyride’ to Space

Space launch company Voyager Technologies has agreed to test the Icarus Robotics zero-gravity robot 'Joy' on the ...
Labroots

AI Guides Robot on the ISS for the First Time

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 ...

AI and robotics will aid, not end, human space exploration

Rees and Goldsmith have taken to the United Kingdom-based Guardian to express their disdain for human spaceflight. Their ...
Gizmochina

AI Learns to Pilot a Space Robot : Navigates the International Space Station Faster

AI makes ISS robot navigation 50–60% faster, marking the first in-orbit demonstration of machine-learning-based motion control. The system handles the station’s cluttered, narrow interior, where ...
AOL

Voyager, Icarus Robotics to test free-flying robot on space station

March 30 (Reuters) - Space-tech firm Voyager Technologies has secured a mission management contract with robotics ‌startup Icarus Robotics to demonstrate a free-flying robotic ‌system on the ...