A new concept in space telescope design uses a modular structure and an assembly robot to build an extremely large telescope in space, performing tasks in which astronaut fatigue would be a problem.

Numerous new robotic technologies have debuted over the past two decades, but the new ATRO robot system from Beckhoff may be one of the first modular, DIY (do-it-yourself) robot technologies for the ...

The NASA Assemblers project is a recently awarded Early Career Initiative (ECI) proposal led out of NASA’s Langley Research Center, seeks to advance the technology, including hardware and software, ...

Seeing deep into space requires large telescopes. The larger the telescope, the more light it collects, and the sharper the image it provides. For example, NASA's Kepler space observatory, with a ...

MIT engineers have designed a walking lunar robot cleverly inspired by the animal kingdom. The “mix-and-match” system is made of worm-like robotic limbs astronauts could configure into various ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Could robots help power NASA's quest to return humans to the moon? A newly NASA-funded project ...

The LEGOs comparison. It's a painful but inevitable pitch for anything modular. It's also an apt way to describe the concept driving HEBI Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based startup at the vanguard of a ...

The global collaborative robot (cobot) market growth is fueled by industries’ urgent need for automation that complements ...

Modular robots built by Dartmouth researchers are finding their feet outdoors. Engineered to assemble into structures that best suit the task at hand, the robots are pieced together from cube-shaped ...

A new open-source quadruped robot called Sesame Robot is making legged robotics more affordable and accessible. Developed by ...

Analysts forecast a fully automated car assembly line by 2030, driven by humanoid robots. This transformation will redefine ...