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 ...

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, ...

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?

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, ...

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 ...

Mat Allan, the co-founder and CTO of ADR, explains how its collaboration with Intel has helped mining automation.

Amar Hanspal, a senior VP at 3D design software maker Autodesk, said at a recent IoT event: “Amazon talks about delivering pizza with drones, but the real action is B2B. Industrial applications are ...