They have become the first to demonstrate that AI-based control can guide a robot autonomously in space. The research focuses on Astrobee, a cube-shaped, fan-powered robot designed to float through ...

When NASA’s free-flying helpers on the International Space Station drifted into trouble, the solution did not come from a new thruster or a last-minute software patch. It came from a virtual copy of ...

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize ...

FUTURE space colonists could live inside giant 3D-printed homes on the Moon and Mars – and we might already know what they’ll ...

Penn’s Sung Robotics Lab is working with NASA to lead an initiative investigating how robots can explore and navigate extraterrestrial environments. The project, titled “Temporarily, Robots Unite to ...

Biomimetic marching robot brings Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" to life If you want to build an actual HAL 9000, all you need is an LED, some carpentry skills, and any laptop accessing a talking ...

NASA teams are testing drones, robot dogs, and new flight software in America’s toughest deserts to prepare for the ...

NASA is sending Google smartphones to the International Space Station where they will serve as the brains and eyes of flying, bowling-ball sized robots. These robots, called SPHERE (Synchronized ...

Reliable Robotics, the leader in autonomous aircraft systems, today announced a new contract with NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to perform and collect data from operational ...

Autonomous free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station (ISS) frequently lose their bearings. Without gravity to distinguish up from down, even precision sensors suffer from accumulating ...