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

The little red robots appear to be little more than a pair of wheels, but in between these are tiny computers that provide their smarts. During the recent test, the robots could be seen navigating ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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??) ...

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

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 ...

(UR), the world’s leading collaborative robot (cobot) company, today introduced a new addition to its portfolio, the UR8 Long. Showcased for the first time this week at FABTECH in Chicago, the ...