The Next Workforce in Space Isn’t Human

Podcast: The Next Innovation · Situation Room Studios

Opublikowano: 2026-01-26

In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong speaks with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer of Icarus Robotics, an Irish co-founded start-up, about their work developing dexterous, AI-enabled robots designed to operate alongside astronauts in space. The co-founders reflect on the experiences that led them into robotics, from an early NASA internship to time spent as a test engineer with the Mercedes Formula One team. They discuss how general-purpose robots can handle routine and hazardous tasks aboard the International Space Station, and explain how this may change the way astronauts spend their time in space. They break...