Multi-robot systems for space applications [Editorial]

Abstract

The utilization of robotic systems in space is currently enabling new mission concepts and applications for both in-orbit operations Papadopoulos et al. (2021) and off-world exploration and exploitation Zarei and Chhabra (2022). Space robots are foreseen as essential for numerous on-orbit operations (e.g., servicing, assembly, and manufacturing), and their utilization in ongoing and under-development missions seems already consolidated or, in any case, achievable in a relatively short time Flores-Abad et al. (2014).