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World’s first robot astronaut: China’s Engine AI plans to send humanoid into space

Chinese humanoid robot maker Engine AI has unveiled plans to send a humanoid robot ...
Electrek

Bot space race: humanoid robots connect to satellite, prep for space launch

It's been a big week for humanoid robots with a first-ever humanoid to directly connect to a low-Earth orbit satellite and ...
Forbes

Transformer-Like Astrobee Aero-Robots On The ISS Co-Shaping The Future

ISS Commander Suni Williams helps test out an Astrobee free-flying robot, outfitted with mechanical octopus tentacles to capture dead satellites and hyper-speed space debris, as she orbits the ...
The Next Web

UK trial shows space robots could build solar farms in orbit

Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK. The company used two remotely operated robotic arms to assemble a section of the ...
Labroots

AI Guides Robot on the ISS for the First Time

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics hopes to address as a team of researchers ...
Digital Trends

New ISS astronaut meets Bumble, Honey, and Queen robots

On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or ...
Morning Overview on MSN

World’s first robot astronaut: China’s Engine AI to launch humanoid into space

China is preparing to send a humanoid robot into orbit, positioning a private startup at the center of a new race to put ...