Picture this: Astronauts floating in weightlessness sip cups of coffee while staring out the windows of the International Space Station. They're looking at a vaguely human-like figure as it scuttles ...

Robonaut 2, NASA's humanoid robot currently inhabiting the International Space Station, hasn't done much exciting work up there since its arrival three years ago. But according to a doctor at Houston ...

Virtual reality could be used for more than just entertainment, it may also help scientists to control robots in space, according to Nasa. WASHINGTON: Virtual reality could be used for more than just ...

NASA and Sony have been working together on a PlayStation VR experience called Mighty Morphenaut, which is a PlayStation VR demo that allows operators to practice control over a humanoid in space.

Japan just revealed some of its plans for space exploration, including the amazing hope of landing a robot explorer on the moon by 2015 and having an entire base of robots by 2020. Will they beat NASA ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FlORIDA – Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 -- affectionately known as R2 -- is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this ...

Virtual reality could be used for more than just entertainment, it may also help scientists to control robots in space, according to NASA. NASA researchers are using Virtual Reality (VR) to help human ...

NASA has cleared the robonauts for liftoff and to walk the moon playing golf and planting flags, all by 2013. Here’s what they’ll look like: You can click on that story for more details. There’s ...

Even if the glory of the early days of space exploration is pretty much gone (mostly because of the lack of any notable results in the field since landing on the Moon), there are still some people out ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of ...

Friday July 11, 2003Human astronauts could soon be teamed with robot assistants during space-walks or on the surface of other planets according to researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Early ...