rat on the opportunity mars rover . honeybee robotics spacecraft mechanisms corporation is a small spacecraft technology and robotics company 1 headquartered in brooklyn new york with offices in pasadena california and longmont colorado . 2 it was established in 1983 by stephen gorevan 3 and chris chapman . 4 products edit 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 rock abrasion tool rat instruments used on both mars exploration rovers 5 the icy soil acquisition device isad sometimes called the phoenix scoop 6 a soil scoop and a precision ice sampling tool successfully demonstrated on the 2008 mars phoenix lander mission the sample manipulation system and dust removal tool used on the mars science laboratory mission which landed in august 2012 7 in addition they are developing tools to be used to live and work on the moon as part of nasa s constellation program . 8 honeybee is currently developing systems for future missions to mars 9 venus the moon two jovian moons 9 and asteroid 10 and comet sample return 11 among others . they have worked with bigelow aerospace to develop a preliminary design for a solar array deployment mechanism that would be 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 . 12 references edit erik baard alligators below city try robo inchworms new york times business diary ; november 10 2002 locations honeybee robotics . honeybeerobotics.com . retrieved 2 june 2016 . kenneth chang martian robots taking orders from a manhattan walk up new york times november 7 2004 greg clark mars sample mission here s the drill space.com posted august 11 1999 touch and go days astrobiology magazine . astrobio.net . 7 february 2004 . retrieved 2 june 2016 . http www.honeybeerobotics.com isad.html . honeybeerobotics.com . retrieved 2 june 2016 . external link in title help http msl scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov instruments sam how to build lunar homes from moon dirt usatoday.com . usatoday.com . retrieved 2 june 2016 . a b 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 . 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 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 . http www.honeybeerobotics.com mission.html . honeybeerobotics.com . retrieved 2 june 2016 . external link in title help external links edit official website mars robot pdf nasa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title honeybee robotics & oldid 737334391 categories aerospace companies of the united statesrobotics companies of the united statestechnology companies established in 1983companies based in brooklynhidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 03 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view