26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
... a lunar levitation track system, swimming micro-robots for exploring ocean worlds, a method for ...infrastructure idea for autonomously transporting cargo on the Moon using magnetic robots that would levitate over a flexible track. The tracks would...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... human space activities; India is mounting an ambitious robotic mission to Mars; and several other countries are ...its human space activities, India is mounting an ambitious robotic mission to Mars and several other countries are eagerly climbing...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... a variety of other projects in the works, described in the previous ROOM article, which include (among others): complex robotic assembly missions to build the space exploration transports and telescopes of the future ‘Universal Satellite Bus’ (USB...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
..., manoeuvres and return). Even further into the future, space activities could ultimately be carried out by avatar-robots controlled by humans on Earth or in orbit around the Moon, or perhaps Mars. Such activities would represent a complex human...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
... the oil and gas sectors by 35 percent. Specifically, the development of IOS systems will enable close-proximity robotic operations in space, allowing audacious missions such as active debris removal, satellite servicing, large aperture modular space...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
...the responsible and secure use of AI in space. Amplifying factors When AI directly controls spacecraft manoeuvring, robotic manipulators or other kinetic functions, a successful cyberattack could lead to unauthorised control or hijacking The inherent...
