Orbit Robotics built Helios, a four-armed robot designed for zero gravity that grips and braces inside spacecraft while performing maintenance tasks.

Helios is a new four-armed robot from Zurich-based Orbit Robotics, and at first glance, it reminded me of Goro from Mortal Kombat. But unlike the prince from Outworld, Helios is not built for combat.

Animated sci-fi films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Cowboy Bebop, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell have inspired ...

Orbit Robotics, an academic spinout from ETH Zurich, built Helios around a single premise: don't design for a gravity environment if you're going to work in microgravity. The result is a four-armed ...

Zurich’s Orbit Robotics built a four-armed space robot called Helios. It targets the 35% of crew time spent on maintenance at $140K/hour. Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions. Imagine a ...

It’s been a big week for humanoid robots with a first-ever humanoid to directly connect to a low-Earth orbit satellite from one firm and plans announced to launch a robot into space by another. It ...