The long arm of the claw is coming for space junk. The UK is launching a first-of-its-kind mission to rid the atmosphere of ...

Engineers developing space exploration robots drew inspiration from the common squirrel for their latest cutting-edge bot design, which they say could also help in search and rescue missions during ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions. Imagine a ...

Space changes the rules for almost everything, including how a robot should move. On Earth, legs help us stand, balance and walk across a room. In microgravity, those same legs lose much of their ...

The objective of NASA's machines is to act as a hands-on support team for the crew while on the moon.

Bezos said rapid advances in AI, robotics and space technology could make life beyond Earth a reality in the coming decades.

Planetary surface missions currently operate cautiously. On Mars, communication delays between Earth and rovers (typically between four and 22 minutes), as well as data transfer constraints due to ...

Someday, American astronauts may land on the moon again: that’s the intent behind NASA’s Artemis campaign to live and work on Earth’s satellite in preparation for human missions to Mars. If that day ...

NASA rovers have revealed fascinating details and close-up images of Mars and the moon, but exploring other planets is slow. Most rovers are remotely controlled from Earth, and their careful, ...

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View larger. | Ready for this? It’s a prototype for walking robots on Mars at the Marslabor facility at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Its builders say a robot explorer like this one could be ...

Robot teams that can rapidly map unfamiliar buildings, disaster zones, or extraterrestrial terrain have long been a holy ...