The Danish Technological Institute (DTI) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to take the first step in the development of a protective sleeve – a so-called smart skin – for robot arms. The vision is to pave the way for more robots in space. Astronauts will increasingly have robots as colleagues in space. However, this requires that the robots are safe to work with and that they – like the astronauts – are protected from the harshness of space with its radiation, low pressure,...