Japan's Internal Ball Camera-2: an experimental free-flying robot designed to take photos and video of the astronauts onboard ...

On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just met three robots stationed aboard the International Space ...

In the future, robots could actively assist astronauts onboard space stations to conduct complex tasks. Towards this, astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station have been conducting ...

Related: Smart robot helps out astronauts on China's Tiangong space station (video) The three astronauts — commander Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze — used electroencephalogram (EEG ...

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts experiment with the AI robot Xiao Hang aboard the Tiangong space station in March 2025. | Credit: CCTV Meanwhile in orbit, the Shenzhou 19 crew currently aboard ...

"It allows the robot to stay anchored while collecting samples and move efficiently based on the terrain." Globally, the issue of space resources has been a hot topic among scientists for many years.

NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects ... of an international lunar research station by 2035.