CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Robonaut, the first out-of-this-world humanoid, is finally getting its space legs. For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up. This new pair of legs means the ...

Not content to simply stand in one place, NASA's mechanical astronaut has found not one, but two new bodies that will allow it to move across land and space. Robonaut B, a robot built with humanlike ...

The humanoid robot set to join the STS-133 mission on the space shuttle Discovery will be enclosed in specially constructed packaging called Sleepr (Structural Launch Enclosure to Effectively Protect ...

Having blasted off into space on February 24 this year, Robonaut 2 — the first humanoid robot destined to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station — is now unpacked and being ...

Robonaut 2 in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory during the first use of the Robonaut Tele-operation System. Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot designed to manipulate hardware, work in high risk ...

GM and NASA plan to launch R2 humanoid robot this September to test how well it works alongside astronauts and in the rigors of outer space. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the ...

Back in the late 2000s, when General Motors was still a force to be reckoned with, the carmaker entered a partnership with NASA to develop a humanoid robot that would live and work on the ...

Robonaut 2, a robot designed to help astronauts with difficult tasks, will leave the earth behind and start his new life on the International Space Station in November. Check out what he can do now — ...

The International Space Station’s resident robot is going blind, and NASA has put out a call to Earthlings for help. Robonaut 2, for those not in the know, is NASA’s highly dexterous robot-astronaut ...

The space android called Robonaut 2 was just unpacked from its box last month, but NASA is already thinking up jobs for the darn thing to do, such as replacing parts on the International Space Station ...