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From asteroid mining to on-orbit servicing, autonomous robots are key to the future of space exploration and defense.
In April 2021, Bumble, one of the free-flying Astrobee robots aboard the International Space Station, was put to the test to investigate a simulated anomaly. In the simulation, the station’s ...
While Robonaut is already in action, NASA is working to fill out its robotic roster. The in-house Valkyrie system is one path toward the next generation of humanoid space travelling robots, but ...
"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future ...
Future robots may cooperatively explore alien worlds.Scientiststoday can only dream of having a robotic explorer like EVE from the Disney/Pixarfilm ?WALL?E.? But some researchers are working on ...
In the not-too-distant future, the search for signs of life on Mars and the moon could see the next generation of robots exploring a new frontier: subsurface lava tubes. These missions could also help ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are using machine learning to train a robot to recognize a jumbled pile of items, locate the one item it needs and retrieve it in the most ...
Astrobee aero-robots being tested on the ISS could give rise to incredible guardian spacecraft that shield the station from space debris imperiling its astronauts’ lives.
Home Space Features This team of legged robots could be the future of Mars exploration By Georgina Torbet Published September 9, 2023 ETH Zurich ...
But what does that mean for future generations of budding astronauts – and surely there are certain functions that humans can do in space but which robots, however advanced, never could?
Smart robots building space stations in orbit may be in the future, but there are plenty of other examples of how smart robots and automation are becoming critical to the future of spaceflight.