The very first human-robot handshake in space took place recently aboard the International Space Station. The very first human-robot handshake in space took place recently aboard the International ...

Pick your science fiction source of inspiration -- Star Wars, The Jetsons, Power Rangers -- and you might see it embodied in shuttle Discovery's seventh crew member. Robonaut 2 greeted reporters at ...

Legs—yes, legs—are on the manifest for the next SpaceX Dragon flight. The commercial spacecraft is expected to blast off March 16 with appendenges for Robonaut 2 on board, allowing the humanoid to ...

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 ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

The Robonaut 2 has been dormant on the International Space Station for 6 months, but astronauts powered it up yesterday, reports TG Daily. Click here to see pictures of Robonaut 2 > Robonaut 2 is a ...

While we patiently await news of how recent Japanese International Space Station arrival Koichi Wakata is getting along with talking-robot Kirobo on board the habitable satellite, NASA has been ...

NASA is training a humanoid space robot to pull double duty as an emergency doctor in space — a surrogate physician that could one day be controlled by experts on Earth to help sick or injured ...