An army of inflatable, spherical robots might one day roll around on the Martian surface. Engineers who have designed the lightweight probes say they could economically explore vast regions of other planets."Our inflatable rovers are lightweight, travel great distances, use

Innovation First's toy bugs pack a mighty computing wallop of light sensors and infrared motion-control equipment.Sales of personal robots for entertainment are expected to reach $3.6 billion a year worldwide by 2012, up from $250 million in 2007, and Innovation

The Phoenix Mars Lander has landed safely near the north pole of Mars and has already started returning photos. What's more, it may have already spotted some ice according to a Science News article (see also the NASA new release).