SpaceX robot spotted on Florida drone ship

A mysterious piece of equipment, believed to be a robot that will work alongside Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket, has been spotted atop of a SpaceX drone ship. The SpaceX equipment was captured from a helicopter by space enthusiast Stephen Marr. The equipment is believed to be SpaceX's highly anticipated'Optimus Prime'-style robot that is rumoured to be working alongside Falcon 9. A mysterious'robot' (pictured) was spotted on top of Elon Musk's SpaceX drone ship in Florida. Falcon 9 is a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle designed to transport satellites and send the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The rocket launched a series of Iridium satellites into orbit in January - then landed back down on a drone boat.