IEEE Spectrum Video Friday Highlights NASA's PROMISE Moon Rover and In-Space Assembly
IEEE Spectrum shares its weekly robotics video roundup, featuring NASA's nuclear-powered Moon rover named PROMISE, Boston Dynamics testing wheeled Atlas robots, and DARPA demonstrating automated in-space assembly in orbit.
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This week's IEEE Spectrum robotics video compilation highlights several developments across space and terrestrial robotics. According to the report, NASA plans to send a nuclear-powered rover named PROMISE to the Moon's South Pole, utilizing spare and test-bed hardware from previous Mars missions. In space manufacturing, a Caltech payload under DARPA's NOM4D program successfully assembled a truss structure in orbit using a gantry robot and a reflective mesh. Terrestrially, Boston Dynamics tested a wheeled version of its Atlas humanoid, while Corvus Robotics showcased autonomous inventory drones operating without localized infrastructure at an ASICS distribution center.
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