MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641061027 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on May 14, for 'autonomous robotic system for on-orbit servicing of satellite batteries.'
Inventor(s) include Senthilnathan N; Aswin E P; and Mithun M.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An autonomous robotic system (100) for on-orbit servicing of satellite batteries is disclosed. The system comprises a free-flying spacecraft base (102) having propulsion components (104), a multi-joint robotic manipulator (106), a set of sensors (108), and a control system ...