Overview
NASA’s X1 robotic exoskeleton, derived from the Robonaut 2 project, is designed to assist astronauts in maintaining health in space and could potentially help paraplegics walk on Earth.
Specifications
Category: Research- Weight
- 57 kg
- Battery
- 8 h
- Launch year
- 2020
- Price
- Contact for quote
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics1
- Dof
- 10
Other16
- Price Tier
- <10K
- Applications
- pick_and_place,sorting
- Sub Category
- lunar mining robot
- Auto Charging
- true
- Pricing Model
- purchase
- Model Variants
- M2,S2,C1
- Company Country
- US
- Deployment Notes
- NASA's Lunabotics Challenge at Kennedy Space Center; qualifying rounds at University of Central Florida; team tested on university beach volleyball court; dedicated regolith testing facility under construction funded by $86,000 Jefferson Trust grant.
- Industries Served
- music,audio_production,entertainment
- Software Platform
- SUBPAC Flow AI Platform
- Availability Status
- pre-order
- Countries Available
- Global
- AdditionalInformation
- Unique capability: excavates lunar regolith, transports across rough terrain, and builds berms for radiation/cryogenic propellant shielding.,Key differentiator: robot is designed to handle fine, abrasive lunar soil with 'baby powder' consistency that behaves differently from Earth sand.,Awards/recognition: team claims robot would score more than double the highest-scoring team from the previous year during sand trials.,Partnerships: NASA competition sponsor.,Team lead Craig Kalkwarf (dual aerospace engineering & astronomy major) heading to NASA Kennedy Space Center imaging lab post-graduation.,Limitations: still in student prototype phase; not a commercial product; no pricing, certifications, or software ecosystem.,R&D context: part of university-level competition, not industrial/commercial deployment.
- Extras Contact Emails
- support@subpac.com,info@subpac.com,sales@subpac.com
- Programming Interface
- no_code_gui
- Additional Information
- Inhibition mode allows astronauts to use the device as a space-based exercise machine.,The X1 could replace common crew exercises, vital for keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity environments.,In the future, X1 could provide a robotic power boost to astronauts during surface exploration on distant planetary bodies.
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