Recent advancements in AI are transforming how robots operate aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A new study published on the arXiv preprint server explores how AI is improving robot ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ...

Seattle-based artificial intelligence research institute Ai2, the Allen Institute for AI, today announced the release of MolmoAct 7B, a breakthrough open embodied AI model that brings intelligence to ...

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) space robotics team received the Best Paper Award in Orbital Robotics at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo) in Sendai, Japan, on Dec.

Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a research "moonshot" aiming to build a data center in space. The tech giant ...

"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future permanent lunar research station." Two four-legged robots recently explored a ...

Even astronauts do grunt work, including routine maintenance and organizing cargo. It’s a waste of precious space time and taxpayer money—it costs about $130,000 an hour to keep astronauts in orbit.

The first time you experience weightlessness in space, Tom Marshburn told me, all the noise and pressure of launch suddenly disappear. One moment, the roar of engines shakes every bone in your body; ...

"I think humans will still go to space and explore Mars and beyond, but we will be in interesting company." "Artificial astronauts" could fly as actual crew members on human missions to Mars, and ...