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Space Image: Man and machine
(PhysOrg.com) -- While Robonaut 2 has been busy testing its technology in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, NASA and General Motors have been working together on the ground to find new ways ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Human and humanoid robot shake hands in space 1st
Astronauts and robots have united in space with a healthy handshake.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2012 |
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It's alive! Space station's humanoid robot awake
NASA's humanoid robot has finally awakened in space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2011 |
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NASA's humanoid robot unveiled on space station
The first humanoid robot ever launched into space is finally free. Astronauts at the International Space Station unpacked Robonaut on Tuesday, 2 1/2 weeks after its arrival via shuttle Discovery. NASA broadcast ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Space robot's debut being moved up after clamor
The 220-mile-high unveiling of R2, the first humanoid robot in space, is being moved up at the urging of the president of the United States.
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Mar 04, 2011 |
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President Obama urges astronauts to unpack robot
(AP) -- The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Discovery to dock with International Space Station
The US space shuttle Discovery was poised to reach the International Space Station on Saturday as part of its final mission, carrying a new module and a robot to the orbiting research lab.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2011 |
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Robonaut 2 arrives at International Space Station
About 264 miles above the Earth, Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid robot developed by General Motors and the NASA Johnson Space Center, has finally begun its first mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Japan may send chatty humanoid tweet-bot to space
(AP) -- Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station may soon be getting an android friend from Japan. And for the folks back home, it will tweet.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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February launch scheduled for Robonaut 2
NASA's Robonaut 2 is primed and ready for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery in February. R2 is so ready, in fact, that it's going up ahead of its legs, which will follow on a later launch.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Key to Robonaut 2's dexterity is human-like hands
Great hands. Elite athletes have them, and they are a standout characteristic of Robonaut 2.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Image: Face-Off
Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Robot's space debut 'giant leap for tinmankind'
Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 - affectionately known as R2 - is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week aboard the final flight of space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 01, 2010 |
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ATHLETE rover steps up to long desert trek
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ATHLETE rover, currently under development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is in the Arizona desert this month to participate in NASA's Research and Technology Studies, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2010 |
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NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human- ...
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Aug 02, 2010 |
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