NASA shows off Robonaut giant-robot

November 12, 2013, 3:54 pm
NASA shows off Robonaut giant-robot

Do you have the feeling that technology is rapidly accelerating lately? Do you see that steadily the hi-tech manufacturers are eager to leave behind the world as we know it today and move rapidly to a brave new world where nothing will be like it was till now?Enter NASA`s Robonaut giant-robot assistant...
The American Space Agency has shown in a preview at ABC News how its iconic robot will look like when it will be completed sometime in early 2014.
Looking straight off a sci-fi movie, the giant-robot is really big: it is about 2.40 meters tall and weights about 250 kilos! The Robonaut is made as an assistant to (human) Astronauts and will live in the International Space Station after its completion.
The Robonaut will have to learn how to move before it`s ready to assist its fellow human team-members on-board the International Space Station and will take over dangerous tasks...
 
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