PickNik Robotics landed a deal with the United States Space Force and NASA for its innovative robotic hands that will grab space objects for the agency, with the tech staying in orbit. These mechanical hands will allow NASA and Space Force to control it from Earth, featuring a remote capability that will let them grab what they can from afar.
This next-generation robotic hands is something like a claw machine in an arcade, but not necessarily resembling the arcade machine, with its special design.
PickNik Robotics gets NASA, Space Force Deal
PickNik Robotics announced via its press release that it landed a massive deal with the US Space Force and NASA for its robotic arms to stay in orbit and collect different samples and objects from the cosmos. The company said that this deal focuses on machine learning for space, something which the company offers with its tech.
The company won multiple contracts from different organizations including the SpaceWERX contract from Space Force, NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for autonomous tech in space, and the Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) from Colorado for space robotics.
It is a massive win for PickNik and its technology which secured massive deals for the company.
PickNik's Robotic Space Arms in Orbit
PickNik said that it would help NASA and Space Force to gather objects from space, centering on remote-controlled robotic arms which it would deliver soon. It is unknown when PickNik's technology would launch into orbit for its actual use, but it will come sometime in the future to extend the United States space ventures with its mechanical hands.
Robots in Space
Robots in space are not what one may think of, as present in past sci-fi films featuring sentient beings somewhere in the cosmos that will make contact with the planet and plan an invasion. Instead, the technology centers on innovations that humans made, focusing on these mechanical inventions to help scientists, astronomers, astronauts, and more with their ventures.
Different companies center on delivering the robotic experience to space, with its many useful features which aim to elevate the space industry.
An upcoming robot from the University of Lincoln-Nebraska and Virtual Incision aims to launch its "MIRA" towards the International Space Station with the surgery bot performing complex procedures in orbit.
Another is the NASA contest for kids which aims to gather a design that the agency may use as an inspiration for its Moon-digging robot that would get samples of its soil.
Robotic developments for space are not a new thing, but it still presents a novel approach by including technology to help humans get the most out of their experience to expand more of the current industry. PickNik Robotics will soon help Space Force and NASA to collect different objects in orbit, as commanded by the agency for its needs.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
