Icarus Robotics Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-17 - Demonstration - Icarus Robotics completes parabolic flight campaign ahead of ISS mission - The campaign produced 66 periods of weightlessness across four flights, totalling 22 minutes of active testing, run from Canada because the United States currently lacks parabolic flight capability. JOY validated three capabilities in zero gravity for the… - source: payloadspace.com
• 2026-07-15 - Partnership - KULR selected to power Icarus Robotics JOY free-flyer for ISS mission - JOY is designed to navigate inside pressurised space habitats and perform useful work with autonomous free-flight and dexterous manipulation. The selection combines KULR space-qualified energy-system engineering with Icarus Robotics embodied-AI robotics. The… - source: kulr.ai
• 2026-03-30 - Partnership - Voyager awarded contract with Icarus Robotics to manage Joyride demonstration aboard the ISS - Icarus selected Voyager to manage the mission for Joyride, its free-flying robotic platform, on an upcoming International Space Station demonstration planned for early 2027. Voyager's role includes payload integration, safety certification, launch… - source: voyagertechnologies.com
• 2025-09-17 - Funding - Icarus Robotics raises $6.1M seed round to scale the robotic labor force for space - Icarus announced a $6.1 million seed round to advance embodied-AI robotic systems for orbital labor tasks. The company framed the raise around building dexterous mobile robots to handle routine, hazardous, and time-consuming work in space at lower cost than… - source: techcrunch.com