The tiny robot captures the spirit of one of the country's most famous cartoons. Sept. 5, 2013— -- "Good morning to everyone on Earth." These are among the first words said by Kirobo today, the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a "monstrous" two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein's monster from its ...

Talk of Mars often jumps straight to rockets and boots on red soil, but much of the work happens quietly, long before any ...

Hundreds of people from at least 15 different countries have journeyed to the International Space Station (ISS), but the habitable artificial satellite has only hosted human astronauts, until the ...

In just three months, the crew of three young scientists overcame a swarm of challenges to achieve this groundbreaking advancement in robotic autonomy and space operations. “The APIARY team’s ...

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

5-23-16 update: Cyclone Space Mining was so close to big mining runs at NASA’s annual robotics competition. But, a broken frame disabled one of the team’s two robots during the team’s first run. Then, ...

Robots flying around in space seem more like fiction than reality, but recently NASA has been testing their free-flying robots called Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's humanoid robot has finally awakened in space. Ground controllers turned Robonaut on Monday for the first time since it was delivered to the International Space Station in ...

Will autonomous androids built by Elon Musk take over Mars, like he’s promised? Not according to a leading robotics expert. In an interview with Forbes, Christian Hubicki, head of the Optimal Robotics ...

Taikonauts carry out test and verification of the space station pipeline inspection robot in China Space Station. Photo: Courtesy of the China Manned Space Agency ...