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H ow do robots feel in space? This is both a practical and possibly an existential question. Still, today, we'll focus on the practical side by looking at a review paper from Hadi Jahanshahi and ...
A newly designed "transformer" robot with the ability to change shape could one day be used to build habitats in space. Engineers from North Carolina State University (NC State) have created a ...
The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a nondescript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a ...
In a move that inches us just a little closer to the singularity, engineers have developed robots that can grow, self-repair, ...
Astrobee aero-robots being tested on the ISS could give rise to incredible guardian spacecraft that shield the station from space debris imperiling its astronauts’ lives.
That wouldn’t be a problem for most space-bound robots, like Mars rovers, which used wheels to travel around. However, the rovers can’t climb up ground that’s not-so-flat or not-so-compact.
MDA Space's Canadarm2 will celebrate its 50th cosmic catch no earlier than Aug. 5, when a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship berths with the International Space Station (ISS) with thousands of ...
Acclaimed robot vacuum brand Roborock made history and sent its first robot vacuum into space. Here's more on the first-time-ever endeavor and how you can shop the model.
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, ...
According to research conducted by the Ars Electronica Futurelab museum in Austria, people are much more receptive to the Telenoid R1 when told it's from outer space.
And so the robot will have to solve the same problem.” That wouldn’t be a problem for most space-bound robots, like Mars rovers, which used wheels to travel around.