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

Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and ...

It’s attempting to find out whether robots could someday repair spaceships like the one it’s riding on. Ariel Ekblaw, founder of the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative and leader ...

Speed cubers can solve a 3×3 cube in under ten seconds these days, after all. [aaedmusa] was a long way off that speed, but his robot is an absolute demon that solves at a rapid pace. The robot ...

Scientists have built a lab that replicates the conditions of space to test how robots could assemble large structures in orbit. Cranfield University is testing Multi-Arm Robot for In-Orbit ...

A robot developed by five young engineers at Mitsubishi Electric Corp. was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest to solve a 3x3x3 puzzle cube--almost as quickly as the blink of an eye.