Not to be mistaken for a spaghetti-legged member of Daft Punk, NASA's Robonaut 2 was actually the first humanoid robot ever sent to space. Clip: And are you sure this guy isn't related to Hal?

Extremely smart’ explorer will search for ice on lunar surface and help carry out detailed survey of polar region, space experts say.

Each robot would be tiny — about the size ... Also, anything that is sent into space, especially an explorer that will be out of Earth's orbit and impossible to repair, needs to be made using ...

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 ...

But aside from an innate desire to explore, or a sense of prestige ... Nasa's Valkyrie robot was built by the Johnson Space Center to compete in a 2013 robotics challenge trial.

The world is entering a new era of space exploration where both robots and humans will explore the Moon and Mars. Driven by ...

Part Transformer, part Star Wars stormtrooper and with hands that look like they can crush beer cans, at 1.8 metres tall and weighing 120 kilograms, NASA’s Valkyrie robot is an intimidating figure.

Other than these, Gaganyaan will have both tangible and intangible benefits for India, including a step toward an affordable and sustained human and robotic programme to explore space and beyond.