dinsdag 23 augustus 2011

R2, the space robot, is beginning to function aboard ISS

R2, the space robot, is beginning to function aboard ISS:

It ain’t science, but it is interesting engineering. Robonaut 2, a humanoid “robot” flown up to the International Space Station in February, has been powered up and is being checked out. Why it even sends tweets. (@astrorobonaut)

One said, ”Those electrons feel GOOD! One small step for man, one giant leap for tinman kind.”

So far the gizmo, developed jointly by NASA and GM, has nothing below the belt, but NASA says legs are planned to help it get around the


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