GRASP team

The GRASP team from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, was one of three student teams selected in the 2025 round of the ESA Academy Experiments programme.

The team explored an innovative approach to performing manoeuvres with non-cooperative objects in space. The robotic arm they have developed themselves is sporting an adhesive gripper inspired by geckos.

The GRASP team is composed of the following members: Lorenzo Di Filippo, Stefano De Gasperin, Filippo Mecocci, Giacomo Angelucci, Riccardo Simoni, Francesco Isidori Pacelli, Federico Urbini, Daniele Petrini, Samuele Appolloni, Athos Bernabei, Tommaso Onali.

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