NASA's Fly Foundational robots demo to bolster in-space infrastructure

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational ...

Astrobee: AI-guided robot navigates space station corridors with improved speed and safety

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...

Nasa robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...
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12 breakthrough inventions shaping our future: space, robotics & more

Explore the latest breakthroughs in technology, including NASA's innovative Micro Nova Hopper for lunar mobility, Brazil's ...
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NASA Wants To Build A Levitating Robot Train On The Moon

NASA has some really wild plans, and I mean that in the best way possible. Despite facing some massive delays for its upcoming Artemis missions, which will see humanity return to the Moon for the ...
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NASA’s powerful moon mining robot could dig 10,000 kg of soil in a single lunar day

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 ...
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Help NASA Design a Robot to Dig on the Moon

Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators rely ...
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NASA Selects Advanced Robotics Projects for Development

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency’s future missions while supporting the Obama administration’s National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ...
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NASA to send R2 droid robot co-developed with GM to space station

View post: Walmart Is Selling a $680 Storage Shed for $330, and Shoppers Say It's 'Very Sturdy and Weatherproof' The first R2 will be scooting up to low orbit aboard STS-133 this September, where it ...
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NASA is Building Floating Train Tracks to Use on the Moon

It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build a levitating railway on the Moon. It first proposed the idea in 2021, and it could be up and running by the 2030s. Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) ...
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NASA Astronaut Control Robots In Germany From Space Station

While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim controlled robots on a simulated martian landscape in ...
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NASA Quietly Training Robot Dog to Navigate Landscape of the Moon

NASA is teaching a robot dog how to walk on the Moon. With little fanfare, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers — including engineers, planetary scientists, and cognitive scientists — let loose a ...