BOFFINS' ROBOTS IN SPACE

Nasa plan to launch project

-  LIZZIE MCALLISTER

NASA boffins are working on building human-like robots to help them explore outer space.

They have teamed up with US tech firm Apptronik on "Apollo", a humanoid machine which the firm originally developed to carry out tasks such as manufacturing.

But space chiefs reckon it could be adapted to help astronauts living in orbit, as well as on voyages to the moon.