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 ...

On Feb. 11, a robot named spaceMIRA took an important step in that direction. Scientists succeeded in testing the robot’s ability to perform surgical tasks while on the International Space Station.

But robots like her could also one day operate in space. A humanoid robot resembles a person, typically with a torso, head, two arms and two legs.

Das and his team could preserve this movement in their robot by using a bellows-type system, the Peristaltic Soft Actuator (PSA), within each segment. “The space between the central part and the ...

The robot just explored a Mars-like world, with help from an International Space Station astronaut. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A newly designed "transformer" robot with the ability to change shape could one day be used to build habitats in space. Engineers from North Carolina State University (NC State) have created a ...

After Astrodude is left for dead on Mars, a robot is sent to save his life. However, this robot will slowly gain consciousness and realize he can technically conquer space before humans can ...

A small surgical robot on the International Space Station has completed its first surgery demonstration in zero gravity. Guided by doctors 250 miles below on Earth, the compact droid performed ...