Three companies in the business of developing renewable solar energy from space struck a historic partnership deal in late October. This deal set the wheels in motion for an unprecedented method ...

Cornell University researchers are building soft robots with "robot blood" that is both hydraulic fluid that provides motive ...

Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch Earth's atmosphere "breathing out and breathing in" to uncover key space weather mysteries. A new robot is ... by detecting low-energy X-rays reflecting ...

One of the globe’s top designers of space robots says a new “Golden Age of Space Exploration” - spearheaded by the world’s twin Titans of spaceflight - will speed up astronauts joining ...

Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an "intelligent" robot. Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze — the crew of the current Shenzhou 19 ...

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent research in battery development and design.

The worm and jellyfish are direct descendants of an aqueous soft robot, inspired by a lionfish and unveiled in 2019, that could store energy and power its applications via a circulating hydraulic ...