Researchers have developed a method for steering microscopic swimming robots using light patterns and the principles of Einstein's theory of relativity. The technology is a potential first step toward ...

Space changes the rules for almost everything, including how a robot should move. On Earth, legs help us stand, balance and walk across a room. In microgravity, those same legs lose much of their ...

Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA is now funding a particularly unconventional idea that could eventually ...

Helios is a new four-armed robot from Zurich-based Orbit Robotics, and at first glance, it reminded me of Goro from Mortal Kombat. But unlike the prince from Outworld, Helios is not built for combat.