Robonaut 2

Robonaut 2 can also be

referred to as

R2B or Astrorobnaut

There is more than one of them.

Is this the future of exploring space?

Lets watch a video!!

Robonaut 2: Your Future Coworker?

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So..What has Robonaut 2

been up to lately?

Well, he was onboard the Space Shuttle

Discovery to help out the crew and make

his way to the International Space Station.

This was on 24th February 2011.

He will also be monitored by engineers

to see how he operates in weightlessness

STS-133 Mission

STS 133 Discovery Launch

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NASA say that Robonaut 2 is the first dexterous humanoid robot in space, and

the first US-built robot at the space station

Robonaut 2 weighs 300 pounds, consists of a head and a torso with two hands

Robonaut 2 even has his own Facebook page, FlickR photostream

and Twitter account

Robonaut 2 was ‘tweeting’ when the Space Shuttle was taking off

A social networking robot eh!!

I guess that’s like a lot of us

Last thing..An animation by NASA showing how Robonaut 2 could go

about his work on the I.S.S.

Robonaut 2 at work

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