Robonaut, the International Space Station’s (ISS) long-time resident robot, has been a boon to the crew of the habitable satellite since its arrival there in 2011. The highly dexterous robot-astronaut ...

Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the International Space Station is now mobile! NASA's Robonaut 2 has received a set of legs that will help it move around the station, and will ...

The humanoid robot set to join the STS-133 mission on the space shuttle Discovery will be enclosed in specially constructed packaging called Sleepr (Structural Launch Enclosure to Effectively Protect ...

NASA researchers are developing a humanoid robonaut, called Robonaut 2, which could be able to one day work with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). The Robonaut 2 is a $2.5-million ...

The U.S. Navy is toying with shipboard robotic firefighters, but NASA is looking even further into the robo-future with into robotic space doctors. Robonaut, as the robot is known, would be used as a ...

Back in the late 2000s, when General Motors was still a force to be reckoned with, the carmaker entered a partnership with NASA to develop a humanoid robot that would live and work on the ...

After a long wait, Robonaut 2, the humanoid robot who is currently making its home attached to a post on the International Space Station, is finally getting its legs! Robonaut’s legs have already ...

(Phys.org) —Getting your "space legs" in Earth orbit has taken on new meaning for NASA's pioneering Robonaut program. Thanks to a successful launch of the SpaceX-3 flight of the Falcon 9/Dragon ...

Space exploration and robotics have always worked hand in hand, and over the years, the collision between the two fields gave birth to some incredible machines. On that list, the Robonaut, a humanoid ...