Honeybee Robotics

Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation is a small spacecraft technology and robotics company [1] headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with offices in Altadena, California and Longmont, Colorado.[2] It was established in 1983 by Stephen Gorevan [3] and Chris Chapman.[4] In June 2017, Honeybee Robotics was acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries.[5][6] In January 2022, Honeybee was sold to Blue Origin. [7]

Honeybee Robotics
FoundedNew York, NY, USA (1983)
Founders
  • Steve Gorevan
  • Chris Chapman
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
,
United States
Number of locations
3 Locations (2017)
ParentBlue Origin

Products

Honeybee has particular expertise in developing and operating small mechanical tools used on Mars missions. Some of the robotic devices it has developed and successfully demonstrated on Mars include:

The Honeybee Robotics Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) on the Opportunity Mars Rover.

In addition, they were developing tools that would be used to live and work on the moon as part of NASA's Constellation program.[11] They are now helping design instruments for NASA's VIPER rover.

Honeybee develops systems for future missions to Mars,[12] Venus, the Moon, two Jovian moons,[12] and asteroid [13] and comet sample return,[14] among others. They worked with Bigelow Aerospace to develop a preliminary design for a solar array deployment mechanism that was used on the solar arrays of their Genesis inflatable space habitat. Terrestrial projects include developing mechanisms, installations, and systems for a broad array of clients including Con Edison, the U.S. Navy, Coca-Cola, Nike, and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.[15]

References
  1. Erik Baard, "Alligators Below City? Try Robo-Inchworms" The New York Times BUSINESS: DIARY; November 10, 2002
  2. "Locations". Honeybee Robotics. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  3. Kenneth Chang, "Martian Robots, Taking Orders From a Manhattan Walk-Up," The New York Times November 7, 2004
  4. Greg Clark, "Mars Sample Mission -- Here's the Drill Archived 2001-02-12 at the Wayback Machine" SPACE.com, posted August 11, 1999
  5. "Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. Acquires Honeybee Robotics ยป Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company". 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. "Honeybee Robotics Has Been Acquired By Ensign-Bickford Industries". Colorado Space News. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. "Honeybee Robotics to Join Blue Origin". 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. "Touch and Go Days - Astrobiology Magazine". astrobio.net. 7 February 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. "Sample Processing, Manipulation & Containment". honeybeerobotics.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. NASA.gov This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. "How to build lunar homes from moon dirt". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. K. Zacny, G. Paulsen, K. Davis, E. Mumm, and S. Gorevan, Honeybee Robotics Planetary Sample Acquisition, Transfer and Processing Technologies, presented at Mars Sample Return 2008, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute
  13. Derek Sears, Carl Allen, Dan Britt, Don Brownlee, Melissa Franzen, Leon Gefert, Stephen Gorovan, Carle Pieters, Jeffrey Preble, Dan Scheeres and Ed Scott, "The Hera mission: multiple near-earth asteroid sample return" Advances in Space Research, Volume 34 Issue 11, 2004, pp. 2270-2275 doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.059
  14. S. Gorevan, I. Yachbes, P. Bartlett, K.Zacny, G. L. Paulsen, T. Kennedy, B. Basso, and J. Wilson, "Comet and Asteroid Sample Acquisition, Containerization, and Transfer for Sample Return" presented at Spacecraft Reconnaissance of Asteroid and Comet Interiors (2006)
  15. "Our mission". Honeybee Robotics. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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