Apr 14
NASA, GM to Launch Robot into Space
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Remember Robonaut 2, the GM and NASA-developed humanoid robot?
It’s going for a little ride.
NASA has announced it plans to launch the first human-like robot to space later this year, where it will live permanently on the International Space Station.
GM’s 300-pound Robonaut 2, or R2, is capable of working alongside humans at GM manufacturing plants, and was also engineered to work alongside astronauts in space.
R2 will launch on space shuttle Discovery mission STS-133, which is currently scheduled for December. GM said in a statement that it plans to monitor how the robot operates in weightlessness.
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