"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future permanent lunar research station." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall in a new video, demonstrating how future explorers could navigate terrain too challenging for today's rovers.

In research centers around the world, roboticists have for decades been on a quest to perfect bipedal locomotion in machines. They’re making progress, but for all the flashy shots of back-flipping, ...

Robots are already rewriting the script for Mars. While human crews remain grounded by medical, political, and financial limits, machines have quietly turned the Red Planet into a testbed for long ...

A squad of robots will explore off-planet caves to help set up homes for humans, according to new research. The robo-teams would work together to rappel down into lava holes to map out potential ...

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A squad of robots will explore off-planet caves to help set up homes for humans, according to new research.