A big quest in space exploration is the search for life. If robots do find life on Mars, or in the ice moons of Jupiter and Saturn, that may actually prevent humans from going any father.

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are getting a futuristic new assistant: an artificial ...

There’s a mysterious robot roaming about on one of SpaceX’s drone ships. Some are calling it the “Roomba” robot, while others refer to it as “Optimus Prime.” No one is certain of its ...

Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, named after a female figure in Norse ...

For the first time in the history of the space station, two robots from different space agencies communicated and carried out ...

"We want these robots to perform missions at least 1.5 (times) faster than what a human will do.” The robots in Ramirez-Serrano’s lab range from about $100,000 to $170,000 to build.

Is it not better to send robots to explore space? Many intelligent people believe this is the case, given that a robot mission costs between 10 and 100 times less than a manned mission.

It’s unclear how long OTV-8 will last, but if past missions are any indication, the unpiloted plane will remain above the ...

The Canadian robot Dextre has arms more than three metres in length and can attach power tools as fingers. It was sent to the space station in 2008, and is now doing a lot of jobs that were ...

Apart from the opportunity to contribute to the next generation of space robots, Richardson says she’s enjoyed the chance to apply what she’s learned in her U of T classes, as well as the professional ...