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PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems Announce Partnership for Development of Advanced Robotics Capabilities

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
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BOULDER, Colo. and PASADENA, Calif., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, today announced a partnership to develop advanced robotics for space applications.

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  • BOULDER, Colo. and PASADENA, Calif., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, today announced a partnership to develop advanced robotics for space applications.
  • PickNik Robotics, known as the Unstructured Robotics Company, has a ten-year heritage in advanced robotics control software and has received SBIR Phase 3 funding from NASA to develop advanced planning capabilities for robots in microgravity environments.
  • Motiv Space Systems has a decade of heritage in designing and manufacturing space systems for commercial and scientific applications, including Mars, Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with PickNik Robotics to leverage their advanced robotics control software capabilities in the widely used ROS architecture," said Chris Thayer, President and CEO of Motiv Space Systems.

Motiv Awarded SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Contract

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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Motiv is excited to expand the application space of its xLink robotic product suite to address the critical problem of orbital debris removal.

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  • Motiv is excited to expand the application space of its xLink robotic product suite to address the critical problem of orbital debris removal.
  • Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), a leader within the space robotics domain, for the Orbital Prime contract.
  • Orbital Prime was created to accelerate the commercial viability of the ISAM market with an initial focus on Active Debris Remediation.
  • "We are extremely excited to have been selected by SpaceWERX to advance the state of in-space robotics with our partner, the Naval Research Lab, for the critical function of orbital debris removal," says Chris Thayer, chief executive officer of Motiv.

Motiv Space Systems and Blue Origin Announce ModuLink

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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PASADENA, Calif., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Motiv Space Systems announced today it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) Modularity for Space Systems Program (M4SS) together with sub-contractor Blue Origin.

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  • PASADENA, Calif., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Motiv Space Systems announced today it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) Modularity for Space Systems Program (M4SS) together with sub-contractor Blue Origin.
  • Motiv and Blue Origin plan to use a version of the Robot Operating System (ROS) called Space ROS to serve as the ModuLink software architecture which Blue Origin is developing in collaboration with NASA.
  • xLink was developed to address the need for affordable space robotics and is the fusion of Motiv's ground and space flight robotics systems.
  • You can learn more by visiting: https://motivss.com/products-capabilities/modulink/
    Motiv Space Systems was founded in 2014 to bring innovative robotics and motion control solutions to the space market.

Global Modular Robotics Market 2021-2030 | A $16.7+ Billion Opportunity Assessment Featuring Profiles of ABB, Kuka, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Mitsubishi Electric, and More - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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Integration of artificial intelligence, industrial edge computing, internet of things (IoT) have enabled modular robots to significantly improve organizational productivity.

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  • Integration of artificial intelligence, industrial edge computing, internet of things (IoT) have enabled modular robots to significantly improve organizational productivity.
  • Also, these robots can meet the rising demands in the field of automation, space exploration, consumer products and others.
  • These are some of the major factors propelling the growth of the modular robotics market.
  • North America holds the lion share of modular robotics market during the forecast period due to high adoption rate of autonomous and advanced robots across the region.