SpaceX and NASA association it is likely not to slow down soon. Falcon rockets continue to launch into orbit, on missions to deliver loads of seemingly random things to the International Space Station. The last launch mission had a particularly useful passenger on board, a space robot named S1.
The S1 was successfully delivered along with some other miscellaneous objects. A SpaceX Falcon rocket has just arrived on the ISS, according to Bloomberg, bringing fresh avocados and lemons to hungry astronauts. He also brought a consignment of ants and brine shrimp, courtesy of the Girl Scouts, to use as test subjects in space. And, of course, the semi-autonomous robot, the S1.
Well, it’s really more like a part of a robot or precisely a robot arm. And you are imagining a complete humanoid robot, may disappoint you. Don’t let the partial robot fool you. This robot appendix is pretty fun:
NASA he says that in a recent demonstration, “the robot [conducted] common activities and tasks of the crew through supervised autonomy and teleoperations from the field. “Not only that, but also NASA he says that robot “labor could reduce the cost of spacecraft operations and improve safety by taking on tasks that could expose crew members to dangerous hazards.”
The mechanical and intelligent arm is manufactured by a Japanese robotics startup, Gitai, specializing in space robotics. The company says the S1 has eight degrees of freedom, that is a month than a human arm. Grab this, bags of meat.
Gitai also lists the range and power of the S1 at 1 meter (3.3 feet) and 100 Nm at 23.8 revolutions per minute. I don’t know how strength compares to that of a human being, but if I’m reading NASA’s human instruction manual on the right, which shows a maximum torque of 17.4 Nm for humans, then, yes, the S1 can be opened a lot more jars of pickle.
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Not that it’s a surprise, but it’s still great. Especially considering that Gitai says the S1 is meant for the development of lunar bases, among other things in space. And it’s good to see real useful missions, as opposed to walks of joy multimillionaires lately they have enjoyed aboard their rockets.
