PIAP Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency for the development of a robotic arm for servicing satellites. The project called TITAN will be implemented for over EUR 2.5 million. This is the first such a large contract for the development of the entire satellite subsystem for the Polish space industry.

The Polish Space Agency informs, that the final result of the signed contract will be a multi-articulated robotic arm for the future deorbitation and servicing of satellites in orbit.

The scientists will create a laboratory model of a robotic joint and then a prototype consisting of various types of joints, which will be subjected to full environmental tests on a shaker, thermal and thermal-vacuum tests.

PIAP Space is a spin-off company established in 2016 by the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Przemysłowy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiarow PIAP.