You can't joystick a robot on Mars in real time. Radio signals from Earth take up to 22 minutes to arrive. This simple fact has stalled space construction for decades. The dream of building in space ...

Three autonomous robots were sent into a volcanic lava tunnel in Lanzarote to simulate the exploration of underground tunnels on the Moon and Mars. A European mission highlights an innovative approach ...

Planetary exploration may be about to get a major speed boost. Researchers tested a semi-autonomous robot that can move from rock to rock, analyzing each without waiting for human instructions. The ...

An Image from NASA showing the Tharsis face of Mars, a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of the planet. You can't joystick a robot on Mars in real time. Radio ...

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