According to reports from Space.com, NASA planetary scientist Pascal Lee believes that AI astronauts will play a crucial role in the exploration of Mars—and other areas of space. These "space-grade" ...

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research team successfully conducted the first reinforcement learning (RL) control of ...

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is of like mind. Earlier this year, Musk said that the company aims to launch a small, ...

In an awe-inspiring leap toward revolutionizing space infrastructure, Rendezvous Robotics has just secured a significant $3 million in funding. This ...

In the context of the deep integration of artificial intelligence and robotics technology, embodied intelligence is driving ...

The red planet, Mars, has long intrigued humanity with its potential for life and exploration. As we inch closer to ...

Retired NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore discusses the possibility of robots being a part of space exploration efforts and more ...

Separately, the NASA program of humans in space began as a cold war effort but has evolved significantly, especially since the end of the Shuttle era. The short-term goal for humans is embodied in the ...

Swarm robotics harnesses the collective behaviours observed in nature to coordinate large numbers of simple, autonomous agents, enabling them to accomplish complex tasks that would be arduous for a ...

LASSIE (short for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments) is a quadrupedal robot built by engineers at ...

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Amit Kshatriya, an Indian American and NASA veteran, is now associate administrator. Sean Duffy announced the appointment.