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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Humanoid R2 has long-term mission plans


The future is R2: "to go where no humanoid robot has gone before!"

R2 will be the first humanoid robot in space, and although its primary job for now is teaching engineers how dexterous robots behave in space, the hope is that through upgrades and advancements, it could one day venture outside the International Space Station to help spacewalkers make repairs or additions to the station or perform scientific work. There are no plans to return R2 to Earth after its launch aboard space shuttle Discovery on Monday, November 1, 2010. R2 will be deployed aboard the station in 2011.


See Project M: Humanoid Robot on the Moon.

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