Dexterous Humanoid Robot: Robonaut 2

Dexterous Humanoid Robot: Robonaut 2

Robonaut 2 -which was designed and built through the partnership of NASA and General Motors with assistance from Oceaneering Space Systems engineers- is on aboard the International Space Station. Robonaut 2 was launched in February 2011 with the last flight of Nasa’s discovery space shuttle and it started to work last March. Robonaut 2’s first […]

Robonaut 2 is ready

The second version of Nasa’s famous robonaut is ready for its new mission. The robot has recently been introduced to the press and seem to be able to move its arms almost lke a human. The robot is designed to perform tedious and repetitive tasks for the astronauts. Reference: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100813/NEWS02/8130327/1006/news01/Lifelike+robot+signs+on+to+serve+astronaut+masters