NASA's Humanoid Robot Comes Alive Aboard Space Station

This is a little dated but I thought it was cool and wished to share.

Robonaut — the first humanoid robot in space — is being tested as a possible astronaut's helper.

"Just like a crew member has to kind of acclimate themselves to zerogravity, our robot has to do a very similar thing, kind of wiggle itself and learn how it needs to move" in weightlessness."

For now, Robonaut — also called R2 — is designed to stay inside the space station. Future versions might venture out on spacewalks, saving astronauts time while keeping them safe.

Humanoid Robot Aboard Space Station

Awesome. This robot even took time to send some Tweets back to earth explaining briefly his experience thus far in space. Can't wait to hear more about this in the future.

it's very cool but wouldn't it be cheaper to send me to space.
for a 0g enviroment though i think there are better designs for a robot than humanoid, what about a spherical robot with an arm or two.

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I for one, welcome our new Space-robot overlords..

2nd line on the third.

Originally posted by listerofsmeg
what about a spherical robot with an arm or two.

Good call, after the space station is destroyed he can help the sole survivor escape increasingly devious traps while cracking jokes in a delightful British accent.

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much cheaper.. but this robot will live long enough to see another planet far outside our solarsysten... but yeah it is awesome to think, and even though robots on earth are still relatively simple.

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Ha brilliant, all in the name of science.
maybe an AI on a potato then.

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some robots on earth are pretty advaced imo.

not amazing yet but we're getting there.

This thing looks
like a joke compared to A.W.E.S.O.M.-O

what's with all the colored LED's
is that the eew - ahh factor ...look @ the pretty lights
kinda reminds me of Saturn 3 ....

R2 is fine by me it sounds pretty cool as they coming along good with A.I. I just very sincerely hope that they don't make a A.I. control system up there and name it H.A.L.

Don't let the robot out of the bag.

What's wrong? Robot got your tongue?

The Japs make great radios and robots.

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I'll be impressed when they have a "Marvin" robot.

Far more interesting to have a depressed, down-in-the-dumps robot.....unless it turns evil or something:

I think I would prefer an HK-47, personally. Meatbag.

Having robots in space doing stuff is ok but NASA have been sending drones for years, you cant beat the human touch.

Making these robots to go into space is clever tho as it makes the launch easier and they can go for massive periods of time, no bulky stuff like oxygen or food & water to carry, just the rocket fuel and a few solar panels.

Originally posted by wlasikiewicz
Having robots in space doing stuff is ok but NASA have been sending drones for years, you cant beat the human touch

DARPA investing in "Avatar" robot surrogates for US soldiers
^With one of these bad boys you'd get more than just a beating.