Robonaut

One small step for robots one giant step for robot-kind. Brought to you by NASA and GM, R2, the next generation in robots with space travel applications. Oh, and GM also hopes to use them to replace humans in car plants as well. Public funds involved in screwing the working man, where have I heard of that before?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/02/gm-and-nasa-build-new-robot-astronaut-a-robonaut/1

Posted By: patty | Date: Mon Feb 08, 2010 | Comments (5)
Category:

About Weird Universe

Weird Universe explores every aspect of a human and natural cosmos that is not only "stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine."

Suggest a Link — Are you a member? Log-in here.
Not a member? Consider registering. Or perhaps you've forgotten your password?

Search

All original content in posts is Copyright © 2008 by the author of the post, either Alex Boese ("Alex"), Paul Di Filippo ("Paul"), or Chuck Shepherd ("Chuck"). All rights reserved. The banner illustration at the top of this page is Copyright © 2008 by Rick Altergott.