On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just met three robots stationed aboard the International Space ...

American tech giants are increasingly focusing on the humanoid robotics space, but analysts say they're at risk of falling ...

Scientists have built a lab that replicates the conditions of space to test how robots could assemble large structures in ...

After a round of repairs, it's set to return to the space station later this year, but it might not be alone, NASA has a full slate of other wonderfully weird robots it wants to send to space in ...

Picture this: Astronauts floating in weightlessness sip cups of coffee while staring out the windows of the International Space Station. They're looking at a vaguely human-like figure as it ...

Robots are part of an exciting new frontier in tech, but here's the challenge: Robots rely on arrays of sensors, external ...

Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.

This concept has roots in classic studies of human interpersonal space—imagine pressing into a packed elevator, or standing in a long checkout line where strangers are forced to stand much closer than ...

As robots become more commonplace in everyday environments, these questions of personal space extend beyond human-to-human interactions. Researchers are now investigating how human comfort zones ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ... Instead of Oz's angry apple trees tossing fruit, we’ve got rioting robots hurling barbecues and kitchen appliances at our heroes.