Learn about the history of Harmonic Drive with space robots, from the Mariner missions to exploration of Mars.

HOUSTON/AUSTIN, Texas, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, ...

As technology progresses, the idea of humanoid robots in space becomes more feasible. NASA’s Valkyrie, a humanoid robot designed for damaged or degraded environments like natural disasters, is being ...

Bad news if you want to move to the moon or Mars: housing is a little hard to come by. Fortunately, NASA (as always) is thinking ahead, and has just shown off a self-assembling robotic structure that ...

Humanoid robots could be used in space in the not-to-distant future as we explore the moon and Mars, at least according to industry leaders working on the technology. In a South by Southwest session ...

While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim controlled robots on a simulated martian landscape in ...

NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie undergoes rigorous testing at Houston's Johnson Space Center, taking space exploration to another level. Valkyrie, at 188 cm tall and 136 kg, is designed to maneuver ...

The gripper switches between three modes, which are suited to tasks that require maintaining a secure hold on an object or applying high pressure, precise finger positioning or in-hand manipulation, ...

Bert got some in-space help from an astronaut. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Space robotics has gone to the dogs. International ...

Many of my physiologic systems replicated somebody who's 20 or 30 years older than me.” Now there may be a solution: robot ...

These configurable bots could launch flat and then be assembled in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newly designed ...

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