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Robots designed for use on other planets and moons. Illustration: GITAI

Epson invests in the startup GITAI that develops space robots

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The Japanese start-up GITAI develops space robots for a variety of tasks in space stations and on the moon and Mars
The CIMON robot on the International Space Station. Image: Airbus

Five ways artificial intelligence can help space exploration

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The progress in artificial intelligence capabilities has allowed us to advance in all kinds of disciplines and not just those intended for applications on Earth. Here are some ways in which artificial intelligence can help us in space exploration - from planning missions to cleaning up the orbit of space debris around the Earth
Documentation of a micrometeoroid impact on one of the cupola module windows of the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft that was launched today will bring to the station a device that will monitor one of the impacts of space debris particles on the station to learn how to better protect the lives of astronauts. Source: NASA.

The satellite is in the service of collecting space debris for NASA

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CAD rendering of a robot assembling a tangle module in space. Additional folded modules are stored in the cargo unit which appears docked to the side of the main body.

A robot will assemble a modular space telescope in orbit

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The robot BB-8 in action. Image from the movie "The Force Awakens". Photography: David James

What will happen when robots have feelings?

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The STS-133 astronauts meet Robonaut at the Kennedy Launch Center before it is loaded onto Discovery for launch.

The Robonaut is being packed for its launch into space

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The production process using EBF3. Photo: NASA

When the future becomes reality: The Star Trek replicator arrives at NASA

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The Robonaut R2 in action for its launch to the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA will soon launch a humanoid robot to the International Space Station

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Surfers in space: on an interstellar internet

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Kolboinik robot in space

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I, a robot, a crew member

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Tiny herd robots: the first colonists on Mars?

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Google and NASA are jointly developing an interplanetary Internet

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Scientists from Israel, the USA and Europe are developing a "robotic rat"

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The next lunar robot is undergoing tests in the northern glaciers

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Robots climb the Martian rocks

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Popular Science: NASA's Incubator of Ideas

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A future robot that will jump on Mars

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Please meet: Dexter - the two-armed robot that will save Hubble

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I, Robot - a thought-provoking book

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Meet the Robonaut

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RZ-a tiny cosmological robot

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Hovering robots are getting ready to work in space

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Silicon helpers - on the role of robots in space exploration

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"Hyperion" will explore planets for months

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