LASSIE (short for Legged Autonomous Surface Science in Analogue Environments) is a quadrupedal robot built by engineers at ...

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"We have now achieved all the technical requirements for controlling complex robotic missions on Mars — and for a future ...

White Sands isn’t the only place that the researchers have used as a training ground for the dog-like robot. They’ve also tested the robot on Mount Hood in Oregon, where icy volcanic slopes mimic the ...

Tesla's Optimus robots will be used to explore the surface of Mars, Elon Musk confirmed today. The humanoid robots, which were initially pitched as household assistants in October last year, will ...

Robots will be important on future Mars missions, but only if users can easily understand their capabilities and limitations, said Nick Conlon, one of Ahmed’s PhD students in the Ann and H.J. Smead ...