Now, however, Stanford researchers have used artificial intelligence to steer a free-flying robot aboard the International ...

NASA’s next generation of Moon crews will not step onto the regolith alone. Alongside the astronauts, compact robotic “droids ...

NASA is quietly laying the groundwork for a future in which orbiting platforms can build, repair, and even run themselves ...

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...

An Astrobee robotic free-flyer with tentacle-like arms was tested in a demonstration experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who is currently serving as ...

NASA marks 25 years on the International Space Station, highlighting robotic systems, life support recycling, 3D printing, solar power research, and global student STEM engagement for future space ...

When they needed a helping hand in orbit, astronauts could count on NASA’s reliable Robonaut. Diane Tedeschi Robonaut 1A was a test unit in the robotics lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Conditions on the Moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Washington, to prepare for ...

A new robot is set to capture the first global images of Earth's magnetic field "breathing" in and out from the surface of the moon, NASA has announced. The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager ...

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, ...

NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch Earth's atmosphere "breathing out and breathing in" to uncover key space ...