Canada has developed a new version of its famed robotic space arm to give exploration of the final frontier a helping hand. The nation's Next-Generation Canadarm (NGC) program is designed to support ...

Canadarm, Canada’s national icon of technological innovation, made its space debut on the U.S. Space Shuttle on November 13, 1981. Designed to deploy and retrieve space payloads, the robotic arm ...

The Space Shuttle may be gone, but one part of it is still going strong. The Canadian-built Canadarm robotic arm first flew on the Shuttle in 1981 and its successor, Canadarm2, is still working on the ...

MONTREAL – The iconic Canadarm, which first flexed its mechanical muscles on a space shuttle 30 years ago, has grown up – and it’s gotten smaller along the way. It was on Nov. 13, 1981, that the first ...

They came to praise Canadarm, not to bury it. And yet, when the space shuttle Atlantis makes its final landing in Florida Thursday, the iconic robotic appendage will be headed to an American museum.

Canadarm, the robot that established Canada’s proud international reputation for robotics innovation, has inspired several generations of scientists and engineers to develop new technologies for ...

More than three and a half decades after it first reached out into space, the Canadarm is set to extend its legacy by appearing on a new postage stamp. Canada Post, Canada's postal service, revealed ...