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 is quietly laying the groundwork for a new generation of robots that will not just survive on Mars, but move, scout and ...

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

We compare and contrast NASA's trio of CADRE lunar rovers and its IPEx excavator to examine how this army of autonomous robots could pave the way for a sustained human presence on the moon and beyond.

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 ...

Robots are becoming part of our everyday lives, from health care to home assistance. But for humans to truly trust and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Holden Platt writes on space defense, SpaceX, ISS, Space War I American scientists envision creating a network of ...

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 ...