A white and black humanoid robot lifts a small cardboard box. NASA has teamed up with a small robotics firm in Texas to continue the space agency's decades of work developing humanoid robots.

Humanoid Robotic Astronauts Might Be the Future of Space Exploration We often think of NASA only as a space administration, and it is, but it is also one of the leading names in robotics.

This includes Apptronik, which has partnered with NASA to develop humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans, as well as take on dangerous tasks and expand the potential of missions.

NASA announced the robot's newest assignment this week. The Valkyrie will be deployed in Perth, Western Australia, to be tested in facilities of local oil and gas production company Woodside Energy.

Robonaut 2, the robot accompanying six NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, could become a key to the next generation of human-robot joint projects.

Humanoid robots, say Nasa, will be an integral part of future journeys beyond the Earth. Extreme space environments are often testing and dangerous for human astronauts.

NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie undergoes rigorous testing at Houston's Johnson Space Center, taking space exploration to another level. Valkyrie, at 188 cm tall and 136 kg, is designed to maneuver ...

NASA is actively involved in designing humanoid robots called "Robonauts," with a history in space exploration, including Robonaut2 (R2) sent to the International Space Station in 2011.

NASA partners with startup Apptronik to develop Apollo, a versatile humanoid robot, for future space missions, ensuring safety and sustainability in space exploration.

NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie opens a bag at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Nov. 16. (Evan Garcia, Reuters) ...

NASA's Robonaut project, however, aims to change all of that. The program, which is about 20 years in the making, is designed to develop a humanoid robot that could one day take over menial or ...

NASA hopes to develop humanoid robots that could one day help on missions to the moon and Mars. Apptronik "Apollo is the robot that we've always wanted to build," CEO Jeff Cardenas told CNET.