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

A toaster-sized robot just took a major step toward autonomous space navigation. Stanford researchers ...

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 ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions.

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.

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day.

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 ...

NASA funds new software to enhance drone navigation over featureless Martian terrain. This initiative supports autonomous ...

ISS Commander Suni Williams helps test out an Astrobee free-flying robot, outfitted with mechanical octopus tentacles to capture dead satellites and hyper-speed space debris, as she orbits the planet ...

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??) ...

"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future permanent lunar research station." Two four-legged robots recently explored a ...

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, ...