🇪🇺 #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

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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

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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

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#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

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#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

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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

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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

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🇨🇭 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

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