# Episode Thirty-Seven: Yang Gao

- Show: [Robot Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk)
- Published: 2023-02-17
- Length: 25m
- Episode: 37
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao
- Listen: https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao

## Summary

Professor Yang Gao from the University of Surrey and the STAR Lab discusses space robotics, focusing on autonomous systems for planetary exploration and debris removal. She details the lab's work on biomimetic drilling mechanisms inspired by wood wasps for terrestrial utility applications and their contributions to ESA missions like VMMO and ExoMars. Gao also explains the development of visual navigation and capture technologies for the CLEAR mission to remove space debris, highlighting the synergy between extreme space environments and harsh terrestrial conditions.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao#t=7) Introduction and STAR Lab Overview
- [4:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao#t=260) Biomimetic Drilling and Technology Transfer
- [7:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao#t=465) Space Debris Removal and the CLEAR Mission
- [14:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao#t=846) VMMO Lunar Mapping Mission
- [18:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/robot-talk/2023-02-17-episode-thirty-seven-yang-gao#t=1094) ExoMars and Future Missions to Europa

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- STAR Lab (other)
- European Space Agency (company)
- British Telecom (company)
- Sensotech (company)
- CLEAR mission (product)
- VMMO (product)
- ExoMars (product)
- PanCam (product)

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