From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.