Friday
Aug202010
Watch NASA's New Robot Come to Life
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 11:04AM 
NASA/Frankie Martin NASA has compiled an amazing series of photos showing the construction of its new humanoid robot, Robonaut 2 (aka R2).
R2 weighs a whopping 300 pounds and runs on a battery. The robot will join the Discovery shuttle team on their Nov. 1 mission to the International Space Station for a series of operational tests. Eventually, though, R2 will help spacewalking astronauts with tasks outside the space station.
Reader Comments (2)
That is pretty cool. It brings back memories of old films where the robot would flip out and kill the crew. Like in Saturn 3.
Why are his hands in the shape of fists? Did they design this robot to fight space aliens?