DARPA inks deal with private company to develop satellite-fixing space robot

DARPA has revealed the partner that will work with it on developing ‘advanced robotic capabilities in space.’ The project aims to deploy a space robot that will be able to fix and improve US satellites that are already in orbit. The work is being performed under DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program; the development of the robot is …