SpaceX's mysterious Robot

There's a mysterious robot roaming about on one of SpaceX's drone ships. Some are calling it the "Roomba" robot, while others refer to it as "Optimus Prime". No one is certain of its real name or exactly how this robot works, but we do know one thing: SpaceX isn't giving away any details, yet. The new machine first attracted attention when it appeared on SpaceX's drone ship called "of course I still love you" in March. Since then, many SpaceX fans have speculated as to its purpose and function. The leading theory is that this robot helps stabilize Falcon 9 rockets after the first stage touches down so the rough ocean waves don't tip the rocket off-balance. If that's the case then this robot could save SpaceX a lot of time and effort. Right now, after a rocket touches down on one of SpaceX's drone ships, SpaceX sends a crew out to the ship to secure the rocket before returning it to shore. But this new robot could speed up the process. Here's how that might work: the robot lives on the drone ship. After a rocket landing it exits its cubby, drives itself underneath the rocket and secures the rocket to the ship. Now, the drone ship can immediately head back to shore and it no longer needs to wait for a crew. If SpaceX fans are right, this could be the latest self-navigating robot in spaceX's already impressive fleet of self guiding Rockets and self sailing ships. Who knows what SpaceX will build next, but it probably won't disappoint you.