Robots Aboard International Space Station

Ames Research Center, MIT and Johnson Space Center have two new robotics projects aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Robonaut 2, a two-armed humanoid robot with astronaut-like dexterity, is currently undergoing onboard testing. The second is the SPHERES satellite, which recently got a smartphone upgrade that gives it eyes, ears and a sensor array. These robots could assume mundane, sometimes dangerous tasks: monitoring radiation, filter change-outs, some extravehicular activities

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[ISS] Robonaut 2 Training Aboard Space Station (27th June)

[ISS] Robonaut 2 Training Aboard Space Station (27th June) On the 27th June 2012 controllers on the ground put the human like Robonaut 2 onboard the International Space Station through it's paces as they practised with the robots hands and fingers on a demo control board.

Credit: NASA Television

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