NaubotiX — Off-world Robotic Autonomy

Autonomy layer

AI autonomy for
the age of space robots.

Space missions are becoming too numerous, too distant, and too complex for every decision to pass through ground control. We are building the software layer that lets robots continue the mission on their own.

01 · The challenge

Human-centred control does not scale to the next wave of missions.

More spacecraft, longer distances, and faster robotic operations all increase the burden on operators. Latency and staffing become mission constraints.

02 · Our answer

NaubrAIn is a plug-in autonomy brain for robotic platforms.

It connects to sensors, actuators, and existing flight or robot software, then plans, replans, monitors, and reacts at the edge.

03 · The result

Robots that keep working when the unexpected happens.

Autonomous navigation, local decisions, fault handling, and recovery without waiting for a command loop.

Initial target applications

01 · Orbital

Autonomous inspection and close-range navigation around client spacecraft.

02 · Station

Compact robotic assistants for monitoring and routine tasks inside space infrastructure.

03 · Surface

Rovers and field robots that navigate, avoid hazards, and adapt in lunar analogue environments.

NaubrAIn capabilities

Plug in, fly.

Connects to existing flight software with minimal integration effort.

Thinks in real time.

Built for the tight power and compute budgets of space-grade hardware.

Scales from a CubeSat to a rover.

The same core module adapts across platform sizes. One investment, many missions.

Goes anywhere robots go.

Orbital servicing, lunar prospecting, habitat maintenance, and terrestrial robotics — one autonomy stack for many environments.

Adapts on the edge.

AI-based decision making that adapts to unexpected environmental conditions.

Safety by design.

Built-in fault detection, system monitoring, and autonomous recovery.

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Focused where the autonomy gap is largest.

Our first development priority is onboard task planning, replanning, and fault detection: the sub-functions where mission demand is rising faster than available technology maturity.

Now · 2026–2028

Ground validation

Developing NaubrAIn across simulation, lab systems, and robotic platforms.

TRL 2 → 7

2029–2030

First space demonstrations

Flight demonstrations and qualification toward TRL 8-9.

TRL 8-9

2031–2034

Commercial deployment

Productized autonomy modules for mission and robotics customers.

Commercial

2035+

Autonomous robotic fleets

Coordinated systems on the Moon, Mars, and in orbit with minimal human intervention.

Full deployment

Team

Built by people who work
where AI meets space robotics.

NaubotiX grows from years of work in AI-driven autonomy for space systems, with a team spanning robotics, space engineering, business, and company building.

NaubotiX · Luxembourg 🇱🇺 — Cofounders

V. Franzese

MD & CEO

M. El Hariry

CTO

M. A. Olivares-Mendez

CSO

Nora Buol

GC & CFO

Nautilus · Italy 🇮🇹 — Founding partner

Nautilus srl

Our founding partner — Explore their work at spacenautilus.com

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Partners

Building inside the
European space ecosystem.

We collaborate with partners across space resources, robotics, and mission operations to move autonomy from research into deployable systems.

For space actors

Autonomy modules for spacecraft, rovers, orbital servicing systems, and robotic infrastructure.

For robotics partners

Edge decision-making, fault handling, and task replanning for field robots operating beyond reliable supervision.

NaubotiX is a selected participant of the ESRIC Start-up Support Programme #6 — the European Space Resources Innovation Centre, based in Luxembourg, a programme focused on space resources and robotics technologies.

Updates

Current milestones
and momentum.

A short view of where the company and product are moving now.

February 2026

Selected for ESRIC Start-up Support Programme #6

NaubotiX joined ESRIC's start-up support cohort focused on space resources and robotics technologies.

Milestone

2026

Company registration underway in Luxembourg

The company is being established in Luxembourg, close to a growing European space ecosystem.

Company

Ongoing

NaubrAIn development begins — three platforms, one brain

Development is focused on a reusable autonomy module across orbital, station, and surface robotics use cases.

R&D

Robots that think
and act on their own.

AI autonomy for
the age of space robots.

Human-centred control does not scale to the next wave of missions.

NaubrAIn is a plug-in autonomy brain for robotic platforms.