The makers claim that the robot only costs around $2,400 (2 lakh rupees), which is significantly lower when compared to other models on offer ... sourced from a local junkyard.

Scientists are beginning to create and model the potential space-cleaner ... they also risk being hit by other pieces of space junk. The robots have to function completely by themselves - and ...

“We have a big space junk problem that's sort of off ... the risk that you will turn it or your robot arm into more debris is high," he said. Abbott explained the trick to interacting with ...

A newly designed European Space Agency robot will drag the junk back toward Earth, where it will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere or drop into the ocean. NBC News’ Josh Lederman reports.Aug. 24 ...

Many of us have become used to chucking out an old computer after moving on to a newer, sleeker model. But if you’re ... we created our very robot – and it can even draw.

One day, robots will ascend into the heavens ... And most of what's floating in space is debris, junk and dead sats: out of 1300 "space objects," Barnhart says, only 500 are functioning satellites.

BERLIN — Nets, harpoons and killer robots could become weapons of choice to hunt down the space junk threatening crucial communications satellites currently in orbit round Earth, scientists said ...

Most people would just see this stuff as mere space junk, but not DARPA ... So DARPA’s plan is to launch an orbiting space robot, called the “Tender/Servicer” spacecraft to do automated ...

a robot character named “Wellbecca.” The Space Junk community will have opportunities to interact directly with Wellbecca, giving the audience another way to connect to the show. Related ...