Robotic Assistant Bees Head to Space Station

Interesting concept is placed in test.    Some technical detail at the link.  Again recall our look at small scale, cooperative physical assistants.

Robotic ‘bees’ are heading to the International Space Station  by Trevor Mogg in Digitaltrends

The International Space Station (ISS) is about to take delivery of a couple of robotic “bees” that will help take care of routine chores and also participate in experiments conducted by controllers on the ground.

Dubbed “Astrobee,” the compact, cube-shaped flying robot has been developed and built at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, and two of them will be heading to the space station later this month. ...."