On November 12, 2025, a groundbreaking lunar robot was unveiled, boasting advanced intelligence that could potentially ...

Work continues on designs for robots that can help assist the first human explorers on the moon in over half a century. One ...

The harsh realities of extraterrestrial terrain have often hindered space agencies' ambitions of exploring various celestial bodies in our solar system. From the Martian deserts to the lunar craters, ...

Learn about the history of Harmonic Drive with space robots, from the Mariner missions to exploration of Mars.

Apollo mission astronauts who visited the moon between 1969 and 1972 found a hopping motion useful for navigating its surface, where the gravity is one-sixth of Earth’s. Today, robots are playing a ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer is back in action after a power issue forced the spacecraft to shut down hours after landing on the moon 10 days ago, the country’s space agency ...

This article was original featured on MIT Press.This article is excerpted from Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo’s book “Tales From a Robotic World.” In the early 2010s, a new trend in robotics began ...

NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.