With the development of artificial intelligence technology and aerospace technology, robots have also moved from the earth to space. After all, compared with humans, the copper-headed iron body of the robot is not afraid of being hurt by microgravity, high vacuum, ultra-low temperature, and strong radiation environment, and does not require harsh survival guarantees. It is the perfect choice for completing space missions. Therefore, the development and use of space robots has become a development trend of human spaceflight.
Of course, different robots are responsible for different directions and roles. Among them, space robots are a type of special robots that perform tasks such as space station construction and operation, satellite assembly and service, planetary surface detection and experimentation in space. A hot area for the development of aerospace powers.
At present, space robots have been widely used in on-orbit maintenance, space assembly, lunar exploration, and Mars exploration of the International Space Station, spacecraft, satellites and other aircraft. The related R&D test activities are highly active, showing a series of development characteristics and trends .
For example, on April 8, local time, SpaceX completed its first private space mission, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station through a Falcon 9 spacecraft and a Crew Dragon capsule. In addition to sending former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Allegria, American navigator and adventurer Larry Connor, investor and ex-Israeli fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe, and Canadian entrepreneur and executive Mark Pathy to space, the private space mission will also be a part of the private space mission. A set of advanced construction technology based on self-assembling robots has also been sent to the sky. This advanced construction technology based on self-assembling robots is a project Tesserae developed by a team at the MIT Media Lab led by Ariel Ekblaw to explore reconfigurable early mosaics that are environmentally adaptive in space orbit prototype.
The hexagonal and pentagonal tiles are designed to be coordinated by control codes and self-assemble through so-called "permanent electromagnets", and the tiles are able to seal to create a pressurized environment.
According to reports, the research builds on a previous test on the International Space Station involving seven modules assembled in microgravity. The Raspberry Pi controller was also used in the experiment, and it was then observed how it self-assembled in the aisles of the International Space Station.
As for the latest prototype, NASA says it includes a complex sensing/permanent electromagnet mechanism with full diagnostic capabilities (for determining whether the connection is good or bad) and reconfigurability. In addition, Axiom Space added in a statement that the research helps lay the groundwork for future cutting-edge technologies for "building satellites in orbit and future space habitats."
The development of artificial intelligence and space technology is in full swing, and technology has completely changed our era.
