Robonaut in First Human-Robot Handshake in Space


   

Image for Robonaut 2

Robonaut 2

NASA’s Robonaut 2 (R2) began operations on the International Space Station (ISS) by greeting Commander Dan Burbank with the first “man-robot” handshake in space.

First Robonaut-Astronaut Handshake

First Robonaut-Astronaut Handshake

R2 is a telepresence droid and can be controlled either from Earth or from the ISS. R2 boasts 38 PowerPC processors and over 350 sensors.

Here is a video:

Be Sociable, Share!

Posted under research, technology, telepresence

This post was written by admin on February 22, 2012

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Leave a Comment

Name (required)

Email (required)

Website

Comments

More Blog Post

Previose Post: