French researchers are building an exploration robot that is set to reveal the secrets of mystery chambers inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. The new robot will be able to squeeze into a long narrow… ...

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have designed a flexible robot, inspired by origami, that can flatten itself to crawl into small spaces, scale steep inclines and withstand long … ...

Science fiction is coming to life in NASA's latest space-exploring robot dubbed the Shapeshifter, a "flying amphibious robot" that researchers hope can roll, fly, float and swim as it explores ...

Apollo will make its first debut at South by Southwest in March 2023. Then, for the rest of that year, Apptronik will work closely with select customers to deploy the robot and observe use cases.

SpaceHopper is a three-legged robot explorer that should be able to jump around on asteroids. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

This spring, an underwater robot named Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) will start to explore the depths of the Zacaton Cenote in central Mexico, which is over 1,000 feet deep (more than ...

NASA's plans to explore the ice moons of the Solar System are getting more detail as the space agency is developing a robot that would use steam to power itself in deep space.

Students at the University of Colorado Boulder are preparing to explore the moon from the comfort of an earthbound room, ...

Future NASA robots exploring Mars and other alien worlds may be even more productive, thanks to a pocketful of tagalong minirovers. NASA engineers are developing the Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer ...

The Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plateau (LEAP) mission is a concept study funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to design a robot to explore some of the most challenging lunar terrains.

Snake-like planetary exploring robots might be able to help us in a variety of ways in space. They could carry out space-station repairs, explore inaccessible areas of distant planets, and inspect ...

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have designed a flexible robot, inspired by origami, that can flatten itself to crawl into small spaces, scale steep inclines and withstand long falls.