Honeybee Robotics


Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation is a small spacecraft technology and robotics company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with offices in Pasadena, California and Longmont, Colorado. It was established in 1983 by Stephen Gorevan and Chris Chapman. In June 2017, Honeybee Robotics was acquired by Ensign-Bickford Industries.

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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:
In addition, they were developing tools that would be used to live and work on the moon as part of NASA's Constellation program. They are now helping design instruments for NASA's VIPER rover.
Honeybee develops systems for future missions to Mars, Venus, the moon, two Jovian moons, and asteroid and comet sample return, 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.