NASA, last week announced the main milestone in the work of the human team in space. For the first time, the space robot has worked with astronauts above the International Space Station (ISS), opening ways for their applications in operating and maintenance of space aircraft. This will be very useful when astronauts come out to the moon, mars and so on.

Recently, a video was posted on Twitter from an ISS research handle that featured two free-flying space robots, one named Ratu near Astronaut Nasa Raja Chari and the other named Bumble next to Matthias Maurar European Space Agency (ESA) in the background. These robots are part of the Astrobee system and have been developed with the aim of providing assistance to astronauts to make it work more efficiently.

NASA Tests Astrobees Ability

During this new test, Bumble tested navigation capabilities in the space station harmony module and collecting new station mapping data. Queen, while in a separate module captures the first 360 degree panoramic image from the interior laboratory

According to NASA, mapping and imaging experiments are part of an integrated system for autonomic and adaptive parenting projects (ISAAC). This project uses three cube -shaped robot systems that were launched to space stations in 2018. This robot moves using an electric fan as a propulsion system that allows them to fly freely through a micro -weight environment and also has a camera and sensor for dinvigation.

Robot also has a perched arm that allows them to understand and move items. They basically help astronauts such as taking an inventory, documenting experiments conducted by astronauts and moving cargo in the ISS. In addition to three robots, the Astrobee system also consists of software and docking stations to be refilled. NASA said that robots can work independently, or can be controlled by astronauts using a distant mission team or by missions on earth.

After being fully assigned, the Astrobee robot will replace the ball (a synchronized position, involved, reorienting, experimental satellite), which is used by astronauts for more than a decade.