JAOPS took part in the Joint i-SAIRAS & iSpaRo Conference 2026 in Cologne, Germany, from November 3 to 6, as a sponsor and exhibitor. The conference is the first joint edition of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS) and the International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), organised by the German Space Agency at DLR and the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.

Our CEO Alejandro Sela and software engineer Aleksa Stanivuk were on site at the Confex venue, sharing a stand with our partner Research Institute of Systems Planning, Inc. (ISP). We were glad to meet researchers, engineers and agencies working on space robotics, AI and automation for space, and lunar and planetary missions, and to talk about what it takes to operate such missions: ground control, mission operations and Operations as a Service. JAOPS operated Dymon’s YAOKI rover on the Moon, the first fully private Japanese rover on the Moon.

Thank you to DLR and Confex for hosting us. NEVER FLY ALONE.