You know The Fly Lab is all about robots so the new R2 is really exciting to find out about. At about 1:52 this video get quite amazing, showing the robot use his hands just like a human, the video even shows the R2 lifting weights. The new R2? Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston to build a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, future robots could assist astronauts during hazardous space missions and help GM build safer cars and plants.
Monday, February 8, 2010
NASA & GM unveil Robonaut 2
You know The Fly Lab is all about robots so the new R2 is really exciting to find out about. At about 1:52 this video get quite amazing, showing the robot use his hands just like a human, the video even shows the R2 lifting weights. The new R2? Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston to build a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, future robots could assist astronauts during hazardous space missions and help GM build safer cars and plants.
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