Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions. Subscribe to ...

In a quiet corner of the International Space Station, far from the bustle of experiments and Earth communications, three small robotic cubes drift through the air like hummingbirds in slow motion.

Besides seeing the Earth from high above the surface and experiencing the weightlessness feeling of microgravity, one of the fun things astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) get to do is ...

Sunita Williams tested Astrobee, a new robot on the International Space Station. Astrobee uses gecko-like pads to grab objects. It can fix satellites and remove space junk. This technology may make ...

ISS Commander Suni Williams helps test out an Astrobee free-flying robot, outfitted with mechanical octopus tentacles to capture dead satellites and hyper-speed space debris, as she orbits the planet ...

At the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center, engineers are working on a little robot cube that will be launched to the International Space Station later this year. The one-foot-cube ...

NASA has frequently used robotics, and the space agency is currently preparing to send one adorable robot to the International Space Station to help the astronauts onboard. Astrobee is shaped like a ...

"Honey," one of three free-flying robots, tests how to fix up things themselves in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's ...

Bosch is set to launch a new AI-based sensor system to the International Space Station that could change the way astronauts and ground crew monitor the ISS’s continued healthy operation. The so-called ...