Will autonomous androids built by Elon Musk take over Mars, like he’s promised? Not according to a leading robotics expert. In an interview with Forbes, Christian Hubicki, head of the Optimal Robotics ...

Robots are already rewriting the script for Mars. While human crews remain grounded by medical, political, and financial limits, machines have quietly turned the Red Planet into a testbed for long ...

You can't joystick a robot on Mars in real time. Radio signals from Earth take up to 22 minutes to arrive. This simple fact has stalled space construction for decades. The dream of building in space ...

A humanoid Nasa robot being prepared for Mars will return to the US after a decade at a Scottish university. The robot, named Valkyrie, is 1.8 metres tall, weighs 125kg, and is one of three prototypes ...

Mars enthusiasts underwhelmed by some of the first dusty images of the planet to be beamed back to Earth by the Curiosity rover that landed there on Sunday were reassured by NASA Tuesday that more ...

Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from rock to rock, analyzing each without waiting for human instructions. The ...

A NASA robot has taken a 'selfie' on the surface of Mars as the space agency continues to gather detail on the Red Planet in preparation for a first-ever manned mission ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...