They have become the first to demonstrate that AI-based control can guide a robot autonomously in space. The research focuses on Astrobee, a cube-shaped, fan-powered robot designed to float through ...

Space ventures face technical and economic risks many times that of most terrestrial ventures. Around 6% of launches fail.

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 ...

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions. Imagine a ...

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 ...

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AI² Robotics launches ZhiCube, a modular AI service space with AlphaBot 2 humanoid robot, debuting in Beijing and Shenzhen.

Icarus Robotics co-founders Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer spent hours interviewing astronauts about what it was like working in space as they homed in on their startup idea. Their big takeaway: The ...

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; ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has experienced a massive attitude adjustment concerning going back to the moon. Recent posts on X suggests that the space billionaire entrepreneur has started to see value in ...