This development is part of the ROBOMINERS project, which aims to refine this technology and incorporate it into a fully autonomous mining robot. These robots are not just for space mining.

The team from New Mexico Tech designed and built a robot that can be used for construction projects on the moon – and won top ...

NASA’s RASSOR robot successfully demonstrated regolith excavation in a lunar soil simulant test, showcasing its ...

Scientists checked whether the robot and its newly developed control system could potentially manoeuvre in low-gravity celestial environments like asteroids. In such space environments ...

A cat-like exploration robot could one day scramble over the surface of asteroids using a unique movement system designed to keep it in motion even in the most extreme conditions. Scientists ...

Asteroids, moons and other celestial bodies contain raw materials. There are technical, legal and ethical challenges.

Youngstown State University's robotics team, the Moon Miners, secured third place in the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge, a ...

China's first space mining robot has been developed by the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT). It not only adapts to the microgravity conditions of space but also navigates the ...

A robot works in a simulated environment for space mining at a lab of China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. CHINA DAILY ...

A robot works in a simulated environment for space mining at a lab of China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. Provided to China Daily The prospect of space mining ...