Nanoracks and Tokyo-based space startup Gitai are teaming up for a second technology demonstration on the International Space Station, a mission that could bring the Japanese startup one step closer to commercializing its autonomous in-space robotics.
The two companies will be testing Gitai’s autonomous robotic system dubbed “S2,” which will operate outside Nanoracks’ Bishop Airlock, the first fully-private airlock to be attached to ISS. Gitai completed its first demonstration of the autonomous robotic arm “S1” last year in the airlock, during which the robot executed two common crew tasks: as
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