Orbital Robotics

• Iss Arm Demonstration Plan

  Two arms planned for ISS demonstrations; launch Q3 2027 - 2026-10-05 - International Space Station - Orbital Robotics plans to launch two scaled-down arms for ISS Astrobee capture and servicing demonstrations in Q3 2027. Three demonstrations are planned after launch; none is reported completed. - source posture: Third Party Reported

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• Aaron Borger - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• Riley Mark - Co-Founder and Lead Hardware Engineer
• Sohil Pokharna - Co-Founder and Lead Software Engineer
• William Liu - Chief of Staff
• Christopher Sembroski - Advisor
• Eric Felt - Advisor
• Gordon Roesler - Advisor
• Tolga Ors - Advisor
• Taylor Banks - Advisor
• Doug Kohl - Advisor

Events

• 2026-10-05 - Partnership - Orbital Robotics and Arkisys plan ISS autonomous-arm demonstrations for 2027

  Astronauts will install the arms on a NASA Astrobee to capture a second Astrobee and replace a compute module. Orbital is funding the programme, with Arkisys providing integration and platform support through its NASA Space Act Agreement. Three demonstrations are planned roughly a month apart, after which the arms will remain aboard for further experiments.

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• 2026-02-10 - Partnership - Orbital Robotics signs exploratory orbital-compute LOI with Sophia Space

  The work includes conceptual alignment, in-orbit sensor-data processing and long-term distributed infrastructure. Sophia Space’s modular computing concept combines solar power, AI processing and passive thermal management.

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• 2025-11-24 - Partnership - Orbital Robotics announces Starcloud partnership

  On-orbit computing could support robot simulation and training without downlinking large datasets. Recycling retired data-centre material into new spacecraft is a longer-term development goal.

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• 2025-09-08 - Partnership - Orbital Robotics agrees Space Ocean evaluation of robotic arms and docking systems

  The companies will explore grappling fixtures, end-effectors and hardware-in-the-loop rendezvous testing. Space Ocean anticipates up to 15 manipulators annually by 2030 if the technology meets its criteria.

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Relationships

• Arkisys

  Iss Robotics Demonstration Partner - Orbital Robotics and Arkisys plan an ISS capture-and-servicing demo using Astrobee-mounted arms, targeting a Q3 2027 launch.

• Sophia Space

  Exploratory Loi - Exploratory, non-binding LOI on orbital edge computing and future robotic servicing and manufacturing.

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Context tags

• Space robotic manipulation - Capability - https://www.orbital-robots.com/ — Company develops orbital robotic manipulation/servicing hardware. Development scope does not assert achieved orbital operation.
• Space robotics ecosystem - Stack Layer - https://www.orbital-robots.com/ — Builds space-robotics hardware programmes; no inherited aircraft-builder or satellite-network peer identity.
• Space infrastructure operations - Customer Environment - https://www.orbital-robots.com/ — Space infrastructure is the intended customer environment,not proof of a deployed orbital fleet.