NASA is quietly laying the groundwork for a future in which orbiting platforms can build, repair, and even run themselves ...

Now, however, Stanford researchers have used artificial intelligence to steer a free-flying robot aboard the International ...

NASA’s Expedition 74 conducts biomedical, robotics and materials experiments aboard the ISS, including stem cell research, cardiovascular studies and robotic operations to support space science and ...

In the race to explore and establish a human presence on the moon and Mars, remote-control robots robots are emerging as a crucial technology that could transform how we handle resources and ...

Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators rely ...

NASA has some really wild plans, and I mean that in the best way possible. Despite facing some massive delays for its upcoming Artemis missions, which will see humanity return to the Moon for the ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build a levitating railway on the Moon. It first proposed the idea in 2021, and it could be up and running by the 2030s. Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) ...

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

American space agency NASA announced the Fly Foundational Robots mission in 2027, meant to test a robotic arm made by Motiv ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency’s future missions while supporting the Obama administration’s National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ...