The Navy's researchers come up with a robot that operates out of this world
The Navy's researchers come up with a robot that operates out of this world  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Fri Jan 24 2025
Description: Robots can flip your hamburger or weld together your car. Now they can operate in a vacuum, fixing satellites in orbit. That's thanks to a program funded by DARPA and carried out by the Naval Research Laboratory. The result is a machine ready for a commercial launch to take into space. Here with the details, the acting director of the Naval Center for Space Technology, Bernie Kelm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices