A companion robot to the International Space Station astronauts...
A humanoid robot in space! The International Space Station for a few hours, has a new occupant in the presence of Robonaut 2 (R2 to his friends) has been enabled by the cosmonauts. This since the month of February in the station, this robot is the result of a fifteen year collaboration between Nasa and General Motors has come "to life".
It is of course experimental and programmed to play the role of an assistant on board in the daily missions of astronauts. According to Nasa, if all the tests go well, it could even be entrusted with certain filters and a few exits space cleaning around the station instead of the astronauts.
But before work, this robot must acclimate to the environment of the station, and succeed to not interfere with the human inhabitants by managing properly the severity. Many adjustments to the level programs that it brings and that control will thus be made in the coming weeks. R2 has a camera instead of the eyes and Nasa would like to distribute, on a dedicated Facebook page, first image (unfortunately in poor quality) that sees the robot in the station. After these first tests, Robonaut 2 has been re-off, it will be in service in a few days for a new battery of tests.
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