In this video segment, Dr. Ayanna Howard, a robotics engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, describes the process of designing and developing robotic devices to act as surrogates for humans in planetary...

Welcome to the JPL Robotics website! Here you'll find detailed descriptions of the activities of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section, as well as related robotics efforts around the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We are...

This webpage contains an applet that simulates the control of a Lunar Lander. The user is must touch down gently on the lunar surface. Key commands control the thrust and the orientation of the Lander. Extra points for...

This activity for high school students from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FL-ATE) Center "introduces students to the concept of robotics by programming a robot for NASA that will be sent out to explore a...

This website, created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is a collection of planet images as seen from different planets or unmanned space missions. Users are able to view the images at certain dates...