Science news articles about 'nasa robots'

NASA's newest spacecraft got down and dirty on Mars, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday.

Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Wash., to prepare for ...

... innovations from Howard's SmartNav robot developed for NASA in 2004. NASA's Earth Science Technology ... network that institutions can use, with 30-40 mobile robots located across the Arctic. During future ...

... ."We haven't heard anything from them yet," Nasa robotics expert Alberto Behar told the BBC.Also missing is a football-sized floating robotic probe equipped with a GPS positioning transmitter and ...

A NASA robot tested last winter in an icy Wisconsin lake will complete a monthlong underwater mission in Antarctica on Thursday, having successfully explored dark, deep waters frozen off from ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says three teams claimed a total of $750,000 in prizes at this year's Lunar Regolith Excavation Challenge.