Researchers at Adelaide University have developed a new type of robotic system inspired by bees and ants that could make ...

Australian researchers looked at how social insects work together to transport food, and applied those ideas to teams of ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have demonstrated a bio-inspired swarm robotics system that could improve mining efficiency while reducing travel ...

Work continues on designs for robots that can help assist the first human explorers on the moon in over half a century. One of the most important aspects of that future trip will be utilizing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The harsh realities of extraterrestrial terrain have often hindered space agencies' ambitions of exploring various celestial ...

China has moved space mining from science fiction to near-term planning, tying robotic asteroid missions, lunar resource surveys, and nuclear-powered bases into a single industrial strategy. Instead ...

Human dreams of mining asteroids won't become a reality without space robots. The billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources has announced plans to do the dirty, dangerous job of space mining with ...

7-28-14 Update: There they were, at 10,000 feet on the remote and rugged slopes of the Mauna Kea volcano on the big island of Hawaii, running their robot through the same volcanic soil NASA uses to ...

Space mining tech is advancing as robotic systems make asteroid exploration and resource analysis increasingly viable. Autonomous rovers now assess asteroid composition using laser-based spectroscopy, ...