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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The problem is, the space robots we have today are slow — incredibly slow. NASA's Opportunity rover, which has traveled farther than any other rover on Mars, rolled about 28 miles over roughly ...

Robonaut 2 returned to Earth in 2018 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, and three years later, NASA loaned the robot to the National Air and Space Museum.

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.

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age. A desert festival where robots are the headliner In a windy patch of desert outside Barstow, Calif., a 700-pound ...

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.