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This could be the end of the orbiter that studies the Red Planet’s atmosphere and relays communications between NASA and its Mars rovers. Reading time 2 minutes Last week, NASA revealed that it lost ...

While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim controlled robots on a simulated martian landscape in Germany. Credit: European Space Agency (ESA) Footage: ESA/DLR Donald ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For many, iRobot’s Roomba robot vacuum was their first experience with a home robot. When I got my Roomba in ...

If you're one of the millions that followed the little Mars rover that could, Opportunity, for 15 years and whose heart was broken when it sent its final message before shutting down (translated to ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

AI ETFs have been among the top performers in the market lately, but robot ETFs may drive the next surge. The AI boom is still in its early innings, with the physical AI market expected to achieve ...

If humans finally colonize the Moon, lunar caves formed from primeval volcanic activity could provide shelter from cosmic radiation and extreme temperatures. But how does one go about safely exploring ...

China’s Songyan Power will supply 1000 Bumi humanoid robots to Huichen Technology under a new deal. Bumi is a small, lightweight humanoid robot that can walk, run, dance, respond to voice commands, ...

Smaller than a grain of salt, the light-powered bots can think, sense and act on their own, opening up new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and ...