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 ...

NASA's trio of robots known as Astrobee have completed the first phase of a project to test whether an autonomous system can provide spacecraft monitoring, maintenance and incident response. NASA's 12 ...

Last week, Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket launched thousands of pounds of scientific investigations, hardware and supplies to the International Space Station. Arriving at the space station just a ...

Honey, Bumble, and Queen are the cute names of three cubes that are only as big as 30 cm (11.8”), part of a robotic system developed by NASA. Although they typically perform various routine tasks in ...

It’s an ISS meet-cute! Two robots working aboard the International Space Station finally met after two years of working in different parts of the station. NASA shared an image of an Astrobee robot and ...

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 ...

Inside NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley is a test environment that simulates the International Space Station's pressurized capsules. Here, aerospace engineers test the new Astrobee intra ...

NASA is looking for applications for its Astrobee space robots. US companies are to submit proposals that will advance robotics in space travel. The US space agency NASA is asking for help in finding ...

Humans won’t trek alone in future crewed missions to deep space. Robots are a central part of NASA’s plan for operating and maintaining spacecraft as humans return to the Moon, explore Mars, and ...

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The International Space Station (ISS) is slated to get a new robot, and you have a chance to help design it. NASA's Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) has teamed up with ...