The robot can drill into a sampling site, analyze samples with onboard instruments, and decide whether it makes sense to keep drilling at the same spot or choose a different sampling site.

Bay Area startup Earthgrid says it's developing a plasma boring robot that can dig underground tunnels 100x faster and up to 98% cheaper than existing tech, and it plans to use it to start re ...

Tool manufacturer Hilti is launching a semi-autonomous overhead drilling robot to aid overhead drilling, which is one of the most strenuous tasks in the building trades.

The compact autonomous Grabowski drilling robot is designed to work more efficiently and cheaper than previous systems and promote geothermal energy expansion.

As the robot advances through the soil, it simultaneously lays the conduit, effectively combining the drilling and installation phases.

The drilling bot can silently burrow just about anywhere. It could unlock geothermal as a viable backyard energy source.

When someone invents a robot specifically made to drill into the skulls of unconscious, immobile humans, you'd be forgiven for feeling a natural reaction along the lines of "for the love of God ...

The best robot to search for life could look like a snake Snaking into the ice on Enceladus might work better than drilling through it.

Global Robotic Drilling Market in Oil and Gas Industry 2018-2022 has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts.

Plans call for BADGER (roBot for Autonomous unDerGround trenchless opERations, mapping and navigation) to have a worm-inspired segmented body, with the segments joined together by universal joints.