Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it possible ...

Preparing comprehensive safety measures—covering dust control, system redundancies and mental health—is vital for the success ...

The harsh realities of extraterrestrial terrain have often hindered space agencies' ambitions of exploring various celestial bodies in our solar system. From the Martian deserts to the lunar craters, ...

5-23-16 update: Cyclone Space Mining was so close to big mining runs at NASA’s annual robotics competition. But, a broken frame disabled one of the team’s two robots during the team’s first run. Then, ...

There is a renaissance of interest in using robotics in mining in South Africa,” affirms Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Materials Science and Manufacturing Operational Unit ...

AMES, Iowa – The student-engineers of the Cardinal Space Mining Club kept finding ways to adapt their robot and their strategies to move up the leaderboard. Dust is flying from the mini mining robot?

In the next decade, the mining industry may lose more than half of its jobs to automation, according to a new report. That’s not based on future technologies, but on automated equipment being deployed ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Global mining innovation, which has been treading water for about half a century, could be about to break out as it looks to robots and giant ocean bed worms for inspiration, ...