Next week, the space shuttle is scheduled to launch. In its payload is “Robonaut” or "R-2" a human-looking robot bound for the International Space Station to help astronauts with mundane, repetitive tasks, reports UVA Today.
Behind Robonaut is a team of NASA and General Motors engineers, the youngest of whom is Adam Sanders, who graduated from U.Va. in 2006 with a B.S. in computer engineering. (That’s Adam with Robonaut in the picture.) Sanders will be at the Kennedy Space Center for the sendoff of his creation to the international space station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
Sanders, a Powell Valley High School graduate in Wise Wise County, Va., works for GM and is the lead architect for the human-machine interface and task programming language. He is the principal engineer for the power distribution monitoring and control hardware, firmware, and software for the robot.
Behind Robonaut is a team of NASA and General Motors engineers, the youngest of whom is Adam Sanders, who graduated from U.Va. in 2006 with a B.S. in computer engineering. (That’s Adam with Robonaut in the picture.) Sanders will be at the Kennedy Space Center for the sendoff of his creation to the international space station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
Sanders, a Powell Valley High School graduate in Wise Wise County, Va., works for GM and is the lead architect for the human-machine interface and task programming language. He is the principal engineer for the power distribution monitoring and control hardware, firmware, and software for the robot.
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