(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 ...

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 scuttles ...

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 ...

Robonaut 2 in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory during the first use of the Robonaut Tele-operation System. Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot designed to manipulate hardware, work in high risk ...

Not content to simply stand in one place, NASA's mechanical astronaut has found not one, but two new bodies that will allow it to move across land and space. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is packing up a 137-kilogram robot helper for a trip to the international space station later this year. The humanoid robot, called Robonaut 2, is not exactly riding first ...

NASA is packing up a 300-pound robot helper for a trip to the International Space Station later this year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of problems has kept the robot offline since it was upgraded with legs in 2014, according to a report by ...

CHICAGO, IL. Engineers at GM and NASA chose Automate 2011 to highlight their collaborative effort to put Robonaut 2 aboard the International Space Station. Marty Linn, principal engineer for robotics ...

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 ...

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