NASA and GM Take a Giant Leap Forward in Robotics

NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries.

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.

The two organizations, with the help of engineers from Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, developed and built the next iteration of Robonaut. Robonaut 2, or R2, is a faster, more dexterous and more technologically advanced robot. This new generation robot can use its hands to do work beyond the scope of prior humanoid machines. R2 can work safely alongside people, a necessity both on Earth and in space.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Robonaut
• NASA
• JSC
• GM
• General Motors
• Humanoid
• R2
• Robonaut 2
• robotics
• dextrous
• hand
• space

[TuneLoony61]

Robo is built, packed, shipped, launched, unpacked, docked and ready for a Nice HOT soak. GM is hiring again! All is well. Love From Detroit Rock City! \m/

[austin62896]

im glad they got as far as R2 but i can w8 until they get to R2-D2

[explorer47422]

that robot's buff..

[MrJetjoe]

I want to see a robot go shooping and pay for there parts. and make themself over were a long way from that .

[ForcedAgenda]

"Terminator" here we come!