The narrow vein drilling solution Brokk developed for a South African mining company is now attracting attention in Australia ...

Researchers from the China University of Mining and Technology develops China's first space mining robot. Photo: Screenshot ...

The prospect of space mining — extracting minerals from the moon, Mars and other extraterrestrial bodies — has long captured ...

NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be ...

Interestingly, this robotic version could be used to install power lines underground efficiently. IEEE Spectrum reported that this worm-inspired robot utilizes a clever mechanism of alternating ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Chinese researchers have successfully conducted robotic tests on Earth, replicating the microgravity ...

Space mining robots are confronted with geological exploration and mineral collection on extraterrestrial bodies, requiring essential drilling capabilities. Under Earth's gravity, the robot's own ...

which could be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future. Unlike drilling on Earth, a robot's surface-penetrating operations on the moon, where gravity is just one ...