A recent study has been exploring the potential of social robots to support the mental health of astronauts in space. Researchers highlight how isolation and limited social interaction during space ...

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

When they needed a helping hand in orbit, astronauts could count on NASA’s reliable Robonaut. Diane Tedeschi Robonaut 1A was a test unit in the robotics lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

A cat-like exploration robot could one day scramble over the surface of asteroids using a unique movement system designed to keep it in motion even in the most extreme conditions. Scientists designed ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken massive strides toward replicating the intricacies of human cognition and behavior.

Someday, American astronauts may land on the moon again: that’s the intent behind NASA’s Artemis campaign to live and work on Earth’s satellite in preparation for human missions to Mars. If that day ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A four-legged robot tested under simulated Martian gravity jumps from wall to wall in a new video ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are ...

TARS, named after the robot from the 2014 film "Interstellar," could potentially be a way to travel to other stars. TARS ...

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

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 ...