A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future.

A thumb-size $100 robot from the Massachusetts Institute ... course that can simulate the low gravity of the moon or the zero gravity of space, for about 30 seconds at a time.

Video of the pneumatic, gas-powered drill developed by Texas Tech University and Honeybee Robotics shows it ... Blue Ghost touched down on the moon. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

which has been made possible thanks to over 200 students involved with the Space Instrumentation Laboratory (LINX). The mission will land on the Moon in June, and it will release five tiny robots ...

A new collaboration has Lego getting ready to "blast off" with the help of a company now heading for the moon. The Denmark ... with Lunar Outpost, a space robotics and mobility firm headquartered ...