US Naval Research Laboratory scientists have successfully trained an Astrobee zero-gravity robot to fly in space without human interference.

A recent study has been exploring the potential of social robots to support the mental health of astronauts in space. Researchers highlight how isolation and limited social interaction during space ...

LASSIE (short for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments) is a quadrupedal robot built by engineers at ...

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research team successfully conducted the first reinforcement learning (RL) control of ...

NASA's 2026 Lunabotics challenge seeks a team or person to create a space robot able to move and build on the Moon's surface ...

Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time which could free up more space in the robotic ‘brain’ for them to ‘think’. Mimicking how some ...

On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or floating??) ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall in a new video ...

Someday, American astronauts may land on the moon again: that’s the intent behind NASA’s Artemis campaign to live and work on Earth’s satellite in preparation for human missions to Mars. If that day ...

A cat-like exploration robot could one day scramble over the surface of asteroids using a unique movement system designed to keep it in motion even in the most extreme conditions. Scientists designed ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken massive strides toward replicating the intricacies of human cognition and behavior.