| USA Today - 1 hour ago We may not yet have flying cars, but the auto industry apparently has a lot to offer the space exploration industry with robotic technology. On Wednesday, General Motors says NASA will launch a robot, which was jointly designed by the automaker and the ...
Computerworld - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are slated to get an interesting new roommate later this year. A 300-pound humanoid robot, dubbed Robonaut 2 (R2), will be transported to the space station aboard the ...
Later this year, NASA's R2 will become the first humanoid robot resident of the International Space Station. The launch of the handsome android, which until now had not been firmly scheduled, ...
A prototype robot, jointly developed by NASA and General Motors, will be flown to the International Space Station for tests working alongside the live-aboard crew. Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, won't be making any spacewalks -- it's not designed to handle ...
Robonaut 2, the robot developed by General Motors and NASA, is going to space in September, the Detroit automaker said today. The adventure, which will include a ride on space shuttle Discovery, will be part of mission STS-133, GM said. ...
Both humans and robots have explored the final frontier, but for the first time a human-like robot is going to be sent into space to aid the astronauts on the International Space Station. Known as Robonaut 2, the two-armed 'bot is the result of a ...
Inside Line - 2 hours ago Nicknamed R2, the new robot is bound for the International Space Station on the space shuttle Discovery in September. WASHINGTON — General Motors, riffing off the lovable R2D2 robot from Star Wars, on Wednesday took the wraps off a human-looking robot ...
By Layer 8 on Wed, 04/14/10 - 12:11pm. Perhaps taking a page from a Star Wars script, NASA said today it will send its newest humanoid robot known as Robonaut2 - or R2 -- capable of using the same tools as humans letting them work closely with people ...
Detroit -- NASA is sending a human-like robot made jointly with General Motors Co. to the International Space Station this fall. The 300-pound robot, dubbed Robonaut 2, will be used to test the effects of weightlessness as part of a plan to develop a ...
AutoGuide.com - 37 minutes ago Some say he dated Princess Leia, that he once punched Neil Armstrong in a bar fight, and he's deathly afraid of the Canadarm. All we know is that he's called Robonaut 2. This 300 lb. robot, developed by NASA and General Motors, will blast into space as ...
Dscriber - 1 hour ago By D. Scriber l Published: Wednesday, April 14 2010 08:36 NASA today announced that it is set to launch the first "human-like robot" to into space later this year -- the Robonaut 2, or R2, as the science geeks call it. The robot, developed by NASA and ...
April 14th, 2010 Two days, two carmaker tie-ups with NASA. It looks like the government is looking to get the most out of its bailout money, as recent cutbacks at NASA have put manned missions in jeopardy. The answer? Have GM build a robot that can go ...
NASA and General Motors have been working on a human-like robot, and will be the first of its kind to go into space. The robot named Robonaut 2, or R2 will become a permanent resident of the International Space Station and will work alongside humans. ...
Jalopnik (blog) - 2 hours ago Astronauts, America's beloved cowboys, are pissed about the Obama Administration killing manned spaceflight programs. Sounds like the right time for GM to brag about its astronaut-replacing R2 space robot NASA's sending into space this year. ...
PR Newswire (press release) - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors ...
Discover Magazine (blog) - 2 hours ago Have robots got the right stuff? We'll soon find out, as NASA has announced that one of the last flights of the space shuttle will carry a humanoid robot, Robonaut 2, up to the International Space Station. The two-armed 'bot is the result of a venture ...
NASA and General Motors announced on Tuesday that they planned to send a robot to the International Space Station, with the eventual goal of having it help the astronauts there. Although there are already several robots in space ...
Some of our reader will remember Robonaut 2, which is a humanoid robot that was developed by NASA and GM. It looks like Robonaut 2 is about to take his first space flight as NASA has announced that he will be travelling to the Space Station as a ...
NASA and GM said on Wednesday that the Robonaut 2 (R2), a 300-pound humanoid robot, will be launched into space and move into the International Space Station. The effort will put a robotic assistant alongside humans. ...
WireFresh (blog) - 5 hours ago NASA and General Motors have announced that they plan to send the Robonaut 2 humanoid robot (R2 to its friends) to the International Space Station this year, with aim of it eventually assisting astronauts on missions. The Robonaut 2 sports a funky ...
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