How long could a #humanoid #robot 🤖 operate on #Mars 🔴 ?
Rover examples :
#Spirit: 7 years
#Opportunity: 15 years
#Curiosity > 10 years
Often-times a “bare” #robot cannot operate in the intended environment. Extremes of #temperature ❄️🌡️ is just one example. #Robosuits can be augmented to supply either cooling or heating to keep the #robot within OEM temperature specifications https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/article/2018/06/protecting-your-robot-with-robosuit/12076
🇪🇺 #Europe plans to develop a #robotic lunar lander to secure European access to the moon 🌙. #Argonaut will have a height of 6 meters, a diameter of 4.5 m and a launch mass of nearly 10,000 kg,. It can carry roughly 1,500 kg, such as food 🍽️ and water💧 for future #astronauts, to the lunar surface. The first mission is scheduled for 📆 2030 https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/europe-picks-companies-to-help-build-argonaut-moon-lander
The #Optimus #humanoid #robot 🤖 is made of #PolyetherEtherKetone, a polymer offering rigidity, toughness, mechanical strength, and excellent resistance to heat, wear, and corrosion https://www.lft-g.com/blog/the-future-of-robotics-8-essential-polymers-powering-humanoid-robots_b174
Polyether ether ketone composite (#PEEK) also possesses good physicochemical properties such as #radiation ☢️ resistance, high/low 🌡️❄️ #temperature resistance, and low vacuum 🌌 #outgassing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359836824008965
#PEEK in #NASA's outgassing database https://etd.gsfc.nasa.gov/capabilities/outgassing-database
Breaking News -Robo: Robot to reach Ningilok – ISRO Chairman
https://vaartha.com/national/robot-to-the-moon-isro-chairman/591797/
#BreakingNews #ISRO #ISROChairman #RoboMission #RobotToNingilok #Vyommitra #GaganyaanMission #ISRORobot #SpaceRobot #IndianSpaceMission #SpaceExploration #December2025Mission #RoboLaunch #ISROUpdates
The first time a commercial #robotic spacecraft captures a government #satellite 🛰️ that is uncrewed and was not originally designed to be serviced 🔧 in space.
#Swift has gradually been losing altitude ⤵️ due to atmospheric drag. On top of that, recent increases in the Sun’s ☀️ activity has caused Earth’s #atmosphere to swell, intensifying drag and speeding up the process https://www.astronomy.com/science/swift-observatory-rescue-mission
📆 2021 #Hyundai 🇰🇷 bought 80% of #BostonDynamics* and revealed a #robotic vehicle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs3srQuTs6Q
#Perseverance drove more than 5 km in 24 drives, during which its #autonomy software planned 94.8% 📊 of its overall driving. Analyses of operations on the surface of #Mars 🔴 as of 2023 indicate tremendous potential for the onboard scheduler to improve 📈 surface operations, in 25% fewer days on Mars, 20% more #energy efficient https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi3099
#Harvard SEAS roboticists develop #autonomous #robots 🤖 to follow human guidance without needing to know about the details of the task or goal, simply by sensing force applied to an object. Much more capable soft #robot arms can navigate the obstacle-rich environments of #DeepSpace habitats https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/01/robots-help-human-habitation-space
The #robot picks up raw materials, binds them with a proprietary extrusion system and dispenses them layer by layer like a #3Dprinter 🛖 https://www.heise.de/en/news/Building-robot-Charlotte-spider-machine-to-print-houses-and-moon-bases-10712099.html
Kris Zacny has produced an array of groundbreaking studies and books 📕 on deploying #robots to extraterrestrial outposts to build the foundation for later #astronaut missions. His team at #HoneybeeRobotics Exploration Systems has already designed #robotic instruments that have sped across the solar system, including on the #Mars #Phoenix lander, the Mars Exploration Rovers #Spirit and #Opportunity, and the #Perseverance rover https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2025/01/26/space-robotics-leader-says-humans-will-soon-join-robots-on-moon-mars
🇨🇭 Researchers at @ethzurich have been developing #robots that will one day explore the terrain or search for raw materials on the #Moon 🌙 or #Mars 🔴 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/from-zurich-to-the-moon-robots-learn-to-walk/75521978
The #Unitree A2 #StellarHunter weighs 37 kg including two 9000 mAh batteries and can carry 30 kg. It should last a maximum of three hours ⏳ with a full load. The top #speed is around 13.3 km/h https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unitree-A2-Robust-robot-dog-for-heavy-loads-runs-long-and-fast-10512527.html
The increasing demand for on-orbit servicing (#OOS) ♻️ tasks, such as #satellite repair, #SpaceDebris removal, refueling, and upgrades, has driven the need for advanced #robotic 🤖 systems capable of autonomous and precise operations in #space 🌌. #Germany’s 🇩🇪 #DEOS focuses on rendezvous, capture, and de-orbiting of an uncontrollable satellite from its operational orbit. #ESA's 🇪🇺 #SpaceServicing vehicle is anticipated to launch by 📆 2028 https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0291
This #robotic system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOq20bisc0g holds the potential to dig up to 10,000 kg in a single lunar day. This is a huge increase 📈 from previous missions that only collected tens of kilograms https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nasas-powerful-moon-mining-robot-could-dig-10000-kg-of-soil-in-a-single-lunar-day
#NASA robots 📆 Apr 29, 2025 :
• A modular system of small #robots and smart algorithms that can #autonomously assemble large-scale structures in #space
• A team of small lunar rovers designed to operate #independently, navigating and making decisions together
• A robotic arm system built for #lunar #construction tasks 🏗️
• A lunar #bulldozer-dump #truck hybrid designed to mine ⚒️ and transport regolith
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/robots-rovers-and-regolith-nasa-brings-exploration-to-first-robotics-2025
The #Mars Exploration Rover #Spirit and #InSight lander both experienced challenges related to understanding the geotechnical properties of regolith. The advancements in legged #robotic platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTyelFFE1A hold potential to address these challenges through greater sensitivity to changing surface properties https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230000243
When will #SpaceRobot be able to withstand the harsh conditions of #Mars 🔴 to build #infrastructure for further #exploration ?
