On Feb. 11, a robot named spaceMIRA took an important step in that direction. Scientists succeeded in testing the robot’s ability to perform surgical tasks while on the International Space Station.

The Canadian robot Dextre has arms more than three metres in length and can attach power tools as fingers. It was sent to the space station in 2008, and is now doing a lot of jobs that were ...

New tests have shown experts could operate the robots from an orbiting space station, with an astronaut having already taken ...

The first humanoid space robot is finally about to get its legs 'Legs are going to really kind of open up the robot's horizons,' said Robert Ambrose from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston ...

Not exactly a robot servant Robonaut 2 hanging out on the Space Station with an astronaut. Image: nasa R2 isn't exactly performing at the top of its game right now.

The Canadian-built robot arm aboard the International Space Station is tackling a new challenge: to fix itself. Canadarm2 and its manipulator hand, Dextre, will replace a faulty video camera on ...

Roborock G30 Space robot vacuum, featuring a five-axis foldable bionic arm and 22,000 Pa suction, has launched with prices starting at 6,499 yuan ($896).

— CanadianSpaceAgency (@csa_asc) May 27, 2014 Of course, astronauts could have done the work, but being able to have a robot do the job means keeping humans safe from the perils of working in space.

An undated handout artist's illustration of the Canadian space robot Dextre released by the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil, QC, Friday, Febraury 14, 2008. HO/The Canadian Press ...