NASA is exploring the capabilities of several next-gen humanoid robots that it hopes will one day assist astronauts in orbit and mine the moon for minerals.

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it ...

NASA Ames researchers will initially focus on developing robots that will operate more like human beings during construction and maintenance tasks.

NASA helped develop a new humanoid robot that could assist astronauts on future space missions, but they can also serve as "avatars." ...

Robots and humans can get along and work together in a changing labor force, with NASA and Apptronik trying to push commercialized humanoid robots.

NASA's cube-shaped Astrobee robots can now work independently alongside astronauts, paving the way for autonomous robotic maintenance crews.

NASA has announced it's sending a humanoid robot called Valkyrie to Western Australia to serve as an oil rig attendant before it heads to space.

NASA recently tested some of its own robots in the rocky environment of the Haughton Crater on Devon Island, Canada to simulate conditions that might be encountered robotic explorers.