NASA is packing up a 300-pound robot helper for a trip to the International Space Station later this year. The humanoid robot, called Robonaut 2, is not exactly riding first class into space. Instead ...

Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the International Space Station is now mobile! NASA's Robonaut 2 has received a set of legs that will help it move around the station, and will ...

Not content to simply stand in one place, NASA's mechanical astronaut has found not one, but two new bodies that will allow it to move across land and space. Robonaut B, a robot built with humanlike ...

Robonaut 2 in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory during the first use of the Robonaut Tele-operation System. Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot designed to manipulate hardware, work in high risk ...

NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of problems has kept the robot offline since it was upgraded with legs in 2014, according to a report by ...

Picture this: Astronauts floating in weightlessness sip cups of coffee while staring out the windows of the International Space Station. They're looking at a vaguely human-like figure as it scuttles ...

NASA's humanoid robot is losing its sight, so the space agency is turning to the public for help. Robonaut 2 currently serves as a helper/repair robot aboard the International Space Station. It IS ...

SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) - Technology utilized by a robot designed by General Motors and NASA, and currently on the International Space Station, may have multiple applications for humans here on Earth ...

CHICAGO, IL. Engineers at GM and NASA chose Automate 2011 to highlight their collaborative effort to put Robonaut 2 aboard the International Space Station. Marty Linn, principal engineer for robotics ...

ABC News gets a first look at the space robot's new legs. Nov. 8, 2013 — -- Think of Robonaut as the strong, silent type. He wasn't programmed to talk but he's diligently working his sign ...

NASA astronaut Steve Swanson poses with the robot Robonaut 2 on the International Space Station after completing an upgrade that gave the robot legs. Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the ...