Honeybee Robotics develops and produces ground-breaking robotics that enable the exploration and utilization of space. As a member of the Blue Origin family of companies, Honeybee Robotics designs and builds robotics to explore and utilize space. Founded in 1983, we received our first NASA contract in 1986. Since then, we've pushed technical boundaries to pursue bold, audacious ideas on critical missions. We're looking for technically brilliant people in engineering, software, and various support fields who take ownership of their work, enjoy collaborating in teams, and have a laser focus on the details that drive excellence.
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We have a few more integrated #BlueGhost payloads to show before we ship for environmental testing! Next up is the Lunar PlanetVac (LPV) developed by Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin Company. LPV will deploy to the Moon’s surface and demonstrate pneumatic sample collection of lunar regolith by collecting and sorting regolith within its sample collection chamber.
It's International Women in Engineering Day, and we're grateful to all our women engineers for their contributions to unlocking the potential of space. We caught up with Mary Ankenbauer, motion control manufacturing engineer, to find out what she enjoys most about being an engineer at Honeybee. "I love spending time on the production floor and participating in the fabrication process. It's staggering to think how inanimate piece parts become a powerful functioning space mechanism," says Ankenbauer. "My favorite product line is our twist capsules! As an intern, I thought they were the most remarkable electromechanical hardware. When I became a full-time manufacturing engineer, one of my first projects was building a twist capsule, which felt like a serendipitous opportunity. The project opened my eyes to how twist capsules work, and the idea of flexible circuits still blows my mind. Some day, I hope to see one integrated on a satellite." Here's to women engineering new possibilities for our next generation of explorers. 🚀 #womeninengineering #INWED #womeninSTEM #aerospaceengineering
Quality, Reliability, and Performance. In 2020, Honeybee Robotics started developing motor windings in-house to improve quality and delivery schedules. Windings require precision design and meticulous manufacturing. These critical assemblies integrate within a variety of our products, including actuators, Solar Array Drive Assemblies (SADAs), and gimbals. #honeybeerobotics #motioncontrol #explorationsystems #inspacesystems #blueorigin
Honeybee Robotics recently presented seven papers at the Aerospace Mechanism Symposium (AMS) and received the 2024 Dr. George Gjora Herzl Best Paper Award for "Development of the DrACO Drill: A Rotary Percussive Drill for Cryogenic Operation," authored by Grayson Adams, Matthew Dottinger, and Patrick Corrigan. AMS brings together leading experts to discuss the challenges of designing, fabricating, testing, and operating aerospace mechanisms and hardware. We are very proud of all our Bees' publications this year through AMS. Find links to the papers here: https://lnkd.in/gpgbcTaP 🏆 Development of the DrACO Drill: A Rotary Percussive Drill for Cryogenic Operation 🐝 Lessons Learned in Building and Testing the Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain (TRIDENT) 🐝 Micro-Sampler: A Kilogram Class Drill for Planetary Sampling and Powder Collection 🐝 DIABLO – Deployable Interlocking Actuated Bands for Linear Operations; Design, Development, Testing, and Applications 🐝 Dry-Film Lubricated Ball Bearing Tests for High-Speed, Moderate-to-Long Life, Cryogenic Operation 🐝 Design and Test of Bearings Used in Electromechanical Systems under High Vibration Environments 🐝 Development and Testing of a Novel Solenoid Launch Lock for a Lunar Lander Thrust Vector Control Actuator
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Collecting and analyzing rock and dust from other worlds is essential to planetary science discoveries, but it can be challenging and expensive. Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin Company is solving that problem with its low-cost, highly reliable PlanetVac, a pneumatic planetary sampling system that gathers material for analysis.
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Never underestimate the power of a good mentor in changing your career trajectory. Benjamin Mellman, ME IV at Honeybee Robotics, emphasizes the importance of a support system.
We know what it means when something is written in the stars, but what about when it's written in the simulated regolith? Thank you, Exolith Lab and Florida Space Institute, for inviting the Honeybee team to judge #Lunabotics2024, a NASA Artemis student challenge to design, build, and operate a functional prototype Lunar robot. It's always a pleasure to see the products and innovations of our next generation of explorers.
To see it is to believe it. Blue Origin is increasing access to space, paving the way for future generations to join the mission. #NS25
A life-changing journey. #NS25 https://lnkd.in/eS8Q388g
Look up, look around, this drill is space-bound! Happy #NationalSpaceDay from Honeybee Robotics and our TRIDENT drill, seen here integrating with NASA's VIPER rover. Image: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Bill Stafford
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Earth and its resources are finite. This #EarthDay, join the mission to preserve our planet. #FortheBenefitofEarth