For several decades, it has been thought that dust devils on Mars may be able to produce spark discharges. Many lab ...

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.

NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time helped scientists confirm that electrical sparks often ignite within ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

Stanford's AI system guides robots autonomously on the ISS, enabling faster, safer navigation and task execution in space.

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We ...

Now, however, Stanford researchers have used artificial intelligence to steer a free-flying robot aboard the International ...

Even worse, the orbit of Mars is elliptical (think of a slight oval rather than a perfect circle), which means that sometimes ...

American space agency NASA announced the Fly Foundational Robots mission in 2027, meant to test a robotic arm made by Motiv ...

How can an AI robot help improve human space exploration? This is what a recent study presented at the 2025 International ...

A new report published Tuesday, titled “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars,” represents the answer from ...