LINCOLN, Neb. (UNL) - In a test that featured half a dozen surgeons from across the United States, a miniature robot created at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln successfully completed a surgical ...

NASA has a long track record of engineering feats that have helped humans explore the depths of space. One of the agency's next projects will help humans travel to new celestial bodies – but it may ...

These configurable bots could launch flat and then be assembled in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Similar robots could one day conduct remote and autonomous surgery in deep space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

Jamie Paik and her team of researchers at EPFL's School of Engineering have created an origami-like robot that can change shape, move around and interact with objects and people. By combining ...

NASA is focusing increasingly on interplanetary missions to faraway places like Mars, and such highly ambitious voyages will require robotic equipment to assist astronauts with a range of tasks. Mori3 ...

According to research conducted by the Ars Electronica Futurelab museum in Austria, people are much more receptive to the Telenoid R1 when told it's from outer space. Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

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Artificial intelligence has quietly crossed a new threshold in orbit, helping steer a free-flying robot through the tight corridors and crowded workspaces of the International Space Station. Instead ...

Inverting the Fanuc LR Mate 200iD six-axis robot (rear, center) significantly reduced the machine’s footprint. A creative "vanishing tray" design uses pneumatic cylinders to drop empty trays through ...

Exploration Labs' render of Arachne, a spacecraft designed for large debris capture. ExLabs' Autonomous Capture & Acquisition Robot and Space Exploration Research Vehicle are combined in Arachne.