Company profile
ORBIT Robotics
ORBIT Robotics is an ETH Zurich Focus Project developing a humanoid robotic platform for orbital operations. Its work centres on microgravity robots that u...
Facts
- Segment
- SPACE
- Country
- Switzerland
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Zurich
- Founded
- 2025
- Categories
- Humanoids, Space Robotics
- Focus
- Space humanoid, Multi-arm manipulation
- Flagship
- HELIOS
- Website
- https://www.orbitrobotics.ch/
About ORBIT Robotics
ORBIT Robotics is developing a humanoid-style platform for routine work inside orbital habitats. In microgravity, legs provide little advantage, so the project centres locomotion and stabilisation on articulated arms that can grasp handholds, reposition the body and carry out manipulation. The robot is intended to use the same station structures and tool interfaces already available to astronauts.
The team is designing the mechanism, control system and operating concepts as an ETH Zurich Focus Project. Development includes modelling microgravity dynamics and testing arm-based movement and task execution in ground rigs that reproduce selected orbital constraints. The programme’s goal is to shift repetitive inspection, handling and maintenance away from crew time while retaining a human-compatible form for work inside spacecraft.
Market context
RESEARCH
Summary
Type: Space robotics
Core: HELIOS
Function: Handle objects
Audience: Space operators
Products
- HELIOS — humanoid