The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a nondescript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Space. Followed categories will be added to My News. Space agency JAXA confirmed the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robot gently touched down today at ...
The MoonBot rovers, developed by Japan's Tohoku University, can be combined into specialised units thanks to their modular design. The LUNA facility in Cologne offers a unique environment for ...
NASA is teaching a robot dog how to walk on the Moon. With little fanfare, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers — including engineers, planetary scientists, and cognitive scientists — let loose a ...
These days, we are used to having a number of robotic rovers (and briefly, a helicopter) driving and flying around the Moon and Mars, sending us back photographs of strange features and rocks. The ...
China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ...
It's hoped the robot dog will be able to explore the Moon's surface and collect information for scientists. The robot is currently 'training' on different uneven surfaces in Oregon, in the USA. Nasa ...
An artist’s concept of novel approach proposed by a 2024 NIAC Phase II awardee for possible future missions depicting lunar surface with planet Earth on the horizon. NASA/Ethan Schaler NASA is ...