Surrey Space Centre

03/06/2021

Surrey Space Centre's own Professor Yang Gao acts as a Mentor of the OOSASpace4Women program organized by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Space4Women facilitates access to the benefits of space exploration, science and technology, STEM education and careers for women and girls around the world.

The first round of mentee applications 2021 is now open until the 10 June. Application details and mentor directory can be found at https://space4women.unoosa.org/content/current-space4women-network-mentors.

03/06/2021

Postdoc Opening on ORBITAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATION AND GRASPING. Details at

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow is available at the Space Technology for Autonomous and Robotic systems Laboratory (STAR-LAB) within the Surrey Space Centre of the University of Surrey, starting asap up to 31 March 2022. The successful candidates will...

06/10/2020

Let's celebrate World Space Week

Professor Yang Gao works on research projects, real-world space mission development (funded by the European Space Agency) and leads our Space Technology for Autonomous and Robotic Systems Laboratory (STAR LAB) at Surrey Space Centre.

11/06/2020

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/surrey-space-centre-wins-prestigious-robotics-award

news Published: 11 June 2020 Surrey Space Centre wins prestigious robotics award Two academics from the Surrey Space Centre were among the stars at this year’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) when they claimed first prize in the Best Poster Award category. University of ...

25/10/2019

Surrey Space Centre’s STAR LAB is selected by IROS.TV as one of the eight AI robotics labs worldwide to be featured in the international flagship conference in intelligent robots and systems (IROS) 2019. The film also features our industry collaborations with Shadow Robotics, GMV and RACE.

Feature film of STAR LAB activities for IROS2019 made by WebsEdge Ltd.

07/08/2019

Pls vote for RemoveDebris, Finalist for the Small Sat of the Year 2019 - The E.U & U.K. R&D scene is pushing real boundaries! 😘

Votes are due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, August 7th.

17/07/2019

http://theconversation.com/to-the-moon-and-beyond-3-the-new-space-race-and-what-winning-it-looks-like-120372

Episode 3 of the To the moon and beyond podcast takes a look at who some of the key players are in the 21st century space race and what they are competing for.

20/05/2019

National Hub on "Future AI & Robotics for Space" launched the Partnership & Innovation Fund (Collaborative Projects, Innovation Vouchers, Secondment & Placement Opportunities Available!) Find out more and download application forms at

work with the FAIR-SPACE team and we would like to hear from you if you are a technology provider, an end user of robotics and AI, a policy maker interested in the broader issues surrounding space robotics, someone working in the scientific community or a member of the general public

15/02/2019

Full speed AND slowmo, only on Facebook!

Full press release here: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/harpoon-successfully-captures-space-debris

07/12/2018

A group of new Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions (4) are available at the University of Surrey within its leading UK Research Hub on Robotics and AI (RAI), namely “Future AI and Robotics for Space” (www.fairspacehub.org). The posts...

https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=096118

10/08/2018

https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=5171&forced=1

An exciting new position is available for a Hub Partnership Manager at the University of Surrey within its leading UK research hub on Robotics and AI (RAI), namely “Future AI and Robotics for Space” (FAIR-SPACE). The post is a fixed term...

19/06/2018

Watch our updated Remove Debris mission video! Academics & engineers from explain the problem with space debris & how the Remove Debris mission will help combat it. The spacecraft is currently on the Space Station Kibo robotic arm with expected deployment tomorrow!