A thumb-size $100 robot from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has arrived at the south pole of the moon. But the machine, called AstroAnt, isn’t going to explore the lunar surface. It’s ...

If you entered a test site operated by Japan’s space agency recently, you would’ve seen a bunch of tiny red robots trundling across a sandy surface. The AI-powered robots were being tested ahead of a ...

For decades, our species' space exploration efforts have relied on individual robotic systems that can do a job with no need for food, water, and sleep. That worked wonders so far, but as our goals ...

NASA’s next generation of Moon crews will not step onto the regolith alone. Alongside the astronauts, compact robotic “droids ...