A Canadian robotics firm has unveiled a new humanoid robot designed for use in ...

U.S. robotics startup Icarus Robotics has begun preparations to send robots to the International Space Station. The news comes after the firm secured $6.1 million in an oversubscribed seed round a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The results showed that robots equipped with compact instruments can greatly improve efficiency. This method speeds up both resource prospecting and the search for ‘biosignatures’ (ie, evidence of ...

AI makes ISS robot navigation 50–60% faster, marking the first in-orbit demonstration of machine-learning-based motion control. The system handles the station’s cluttered, narrow interior, where ...

Space-tech firm Voyager Technologies and robotics startup Icarus Robotics have been contracted to demonstrate a free-flying robot on the International Space Station. (Brendan McDermid, Reuters) ...

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 ...

It’s been a big week for humanoid robots with a first-ever humanoid to directly connect to a low-Earth orbit satellite from one firm and plans announced to launch a robot into space by another. It ...