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NASA’s newest robotics mission could lead to autonomous stations

NASA is quietly laying the groundwork for a future in which orbiting platforms can build, repair, and even run themselves ...

NASA's Fly Foundational robots demo to bolster in-space infrastructure

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize ...
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AI helps pilot free-flying robot around the International Space Station for 1st time ever

Now, however, Stanford researchers have used artificial intelligence to steer a free-flying robot aboard the International ...
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NASA's Expedition 74 carries out expanded biomedical and technology studies on the ISS

NASA’s Expedition 74 conducts biomedical, robotics and materials experiments aboard the ISS, including stem cell research, cardiovascular studies and robotic operations to support space science and ...
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NASA Wants To Build A Levitating Robot Train On The Moon

NASA has some really wild plans, and I mean that in the best way possible. Despite facing some massive delays for its upcoming Artemis missions, which will see humanity return to the Moon for the ...
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NASA’s powerful moon mining robot could dig 10,000 kg of soil in a single lunar day

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...
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Help NASA Design a Robot to Dig on the Moon

Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators rely ...
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NASA is Building Floating Train Tracks to Use on the Moon

It sounds like sci-fi, but NASA hopes to build a levitating railway on the Moon. It first proposed the idea in 2021, and it could be up and running by the 2030s. Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT) ...

Astrobee: AI-guided robot navigates space station corridors with improved speed and safety

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

NASA robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...
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This Robotic Arm Will Help Turn the Solar System Into Humanity's Next Construction Site

American space agency NASA announced the Fly Foundational Robots mission in 2027, meant to test a robotic arm made by Motiv ...
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NASA Selects Advanced Robotics Projects for Development

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency’s future missions while supporting the Obama administration’s National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ...