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"We envision this kind of technology to be able to be used right around humans. Both NASA and GM share this vision of humans and robots working together," Linn said.
NASA would like to see a robot in space, with enough dexterity to handle pliable insulation and other materials too tricky for the cranes and robotic arms available on the space station today.
"This is a human-scale robot. It works at human speeds. We're working closer and closer to the human form, and that's a difficult challenge," Ron Diftler, who oversees the Robonaut project for NASA, said.
"We are foreseeing this as an EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk) assistant," Diftler said.
For example, the droid could save time and reduce risks to spacewalking astronauts by going outside first to prepare work sites.
The Robonauts, which were unveiled on February 4, are based on work NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency did a decade ago. (ANI)
A humanoid robot is going to be sent into space to aid the astronauts on the ISS, a spokesman for NASA said. Known as Robonaut 2, it will go up to the ISS in September aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. A 136-kg two-armed robot, which resembles a human, can use the same tools as astronauts
Is this 'robot' independantly A.I. controlled, or just an elaborate remote-controlled (via console) device?