In-space services & exploration
Hardlight
Hardlight says it is developing autonomous robots for assembling and maintaining space stations, data centres and other orbital infrastructure.
- Orbital assembly
- Space robotics
- Autonomous spacecraft
- Orbital maintenance
- In orbit servicing
- Orbital material handling
- Space industry
- Indian space
- Space companies
- Aerospace
- In-space services
- Space exploration
- Undisclosed; founder based in Bengaluru
Hardlight says it is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft for assembling and maintaining orbital infrastructure. Its official site describes a laboratory model under development for assembly, maintenance and material handling.
Sudhar S’s public professional profile identifies him as Hardlight’s founder and lists Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The Emergent Ventures India grant announcement names Sudharsanam as a recipient for Hardlight’s orbital-robot work. The company’s headquarters and legal incorporation were not independently established.
What they build and operate
- Orbital robot laboratory model · Spacecraft · In development
Hardlight says its laboratory model is under development for orbital assembly, maintenance and material handling.[1]
Milestones
- 25 October 2026
Emergent Ventures India announced a grant to Sudharsanam for Hardlight’s development of autonomous robots for assembling and maintaining assets in low Earth orbit.[3]
Sources
Coverage of Hardlight
Industry
Emergent Ventures lists SpaceTug and Hardlight founders as grantees
The India cohort names individual recipients for satellite-servicing and orbital-robotics development; award amounts are undisclosed.
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