Elon Musk is very optimismi about AI + robotics leading to an age of extreme abundance. He sees a Star Trek future and not ...

Navigating in a microgravity environment is a challenge even for trained human astronauts, but it is even more challenging for autonomous robots, limiting their use in places like a space station. Now ...

Recent advancements in AI are transforming how robots operate aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A new study published on the arXiv preprint server explores how AI is improving robot ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Momentus Inc. (MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and services, announced today that it ...

Robots are already transforming industries here on Earth. The next big challenge is to build massive structures in orbit, hundreds of thousands of miles above Earth. A new partnership between the UK ...

Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks – all without an astronaut at the ...

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

When asked to recall the earliest movie that defined robots for him, “Alien: Earth” star Timothy Olyphant leapt from Ridley Scott’s universe into an entirely different sector of space. “I certainly ...

Zero-g is fun—but it comes at a price Editor at Large The coolest part of space flight has got to be the weightlessness—but it’s also the most problematic. Under zero-g, muscles atrophy, heart rate ...