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Team GRASP integrating their gecko-inspired gripper on the air-bearing platform on the right, with the platform carrying the target object on the left.

Gripping the Future: Students Test Gecko-Inspired Robotic A…

22/12/2025 728 views 14 likes

Group photo from the V-STARS test campaign, with the floating platform used by participants during the experiment shown on the left

V-STARS pioneers neuroscience at ESA’s Orbital Robotics Lab

11/12/2025 763 views 8 likes

The SKYWALKER team's robotic arm, mounted on the MANTIS platform, autonomously inserts itself into the anchor point

SKYWALKER tests robotic crawling at ESTEC

20/10/2025 640 views 5 likes

Group picture during the 87th ESA parabolic flight campaign as part of the ESA Academy Experiments Programme, in front of Novespace's AirZeroG aircraft

A sensational Zero-G campaign for teams CAVE 0g and MVIPER

30/09/2025 899 views 8 likes

Group photo taken during the kick-off workshop at ESTEC in the Netherlands, with students from the new cycle of the ESA Academy Experiments Programme for the Orbital Robotics Lab

Announcement of opportunity for the ESA Academy Experiments…

03/07/2025 11989 views 17 likes

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