Space telescopes like Hubble has given astronomers a unique glimpse at the universe unhindered by the thick atmosphere of our planet that can blur our view. But hauling a huge telescope into space can ...

A team of Earth-based doctors have performed the first ever remote-controlled surgery in space using a robot aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The successful procedure, which saw surgeons ...

The first talking humanoid robot, Kirobo, has taken off from a Japanese space centre for the International Space Station. The Japanese rocket H-IIB Transfer Vehicle blasted off from the Tanegashima ...

Fedor stands 6ft tall, weighs between 106-160kg depending on extra equipment, and can lift up to 20kg of cargo VLADIMIR Putin is planning to send a pair of robot astronauts to work on the ...

A small surgical robot on the International Space Station has completed its first surgery demonstration in zero gravity. Guided by doctors 250 miles below on Earth, the compact droid performed several ...

A Nasa “space robot” called Robonaut 2, which bears striking resemblance to The Stig, the secretive Top Gear character, is about to join astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). By Andrew ...

Named Fedor (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research), the robot is the first ever sent to space by Russia. Fedor launched via a Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft at 6.38am Moscow time (3.38 BST) from ...

Space lizards with sticky feet have been created to act as cosmic cleaners by the European Space Agency. The robots have been designed to mimic gecko lizards in order to help clean the outside of ...

"I see this as the great-grandparent of futuristic robots like R2-D2 and C-3PO," enthuses Dan Rey, from the Canadian Space Agency. "This is a very major step forward where now we have a robot that can ...

Russia has launched a humanoid robot into space on a rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The space robot Fedor (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) was the only ...

The bowling-ball-sized robots are said to have been inspired by Star Wars Nasa plans to send Google's 3D smartphones into space to function as the "eyes and brains" of free-flying robots inside the ...