Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.

From Robby, the Robot in Forbidden Planet, to the infamous C-3P0 from Star Wars, the use of robots for space exploration has ...

NASA and SpaceX just launched a major resupply mission to the International Space Station, to deliver nearly 7,000 pounds of cargo—including food, equipment, and high-tech experiments. From robotic ...

Elon Musk has always dreamed of colonizing Mars, but his latest plan raises an intriguing question—will a robot get there before humans? The SpaceX founder announced that his massive Starship ...

HANGZHOU -- In a laboratory at Westlake University in East China's Zhejiang province, a group of young researchers is pushing ahead the underwater exploration frontiers with an unlikely muse ...

Siemens board member Siegfried Russwurm tells the Journal about how the German firm designed, developed and tested NASA's latest Mars exploration robot "Curiosity" without building a prototype.

Japan's Internal Ball Camera-2: an experimental free-flying robot designed to take photos and video of the ... by controllers with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Earth, but ...