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NASA To Send a Humanoid Robot On Shuttle's Final Mission

Posted by timothy on from the why-can't-they-send-them-all dept.

coondoggie writes "Perhaps taking a page from a Star Wars script, NASA said today it will send its newest humanoid robot, known as Robonaut2, on board the space shuttle's final mission. R2 is capable of using the same tools as humans, letting it work closely with people in space."

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  1. Re:Why? Why? WHY? by Bakkster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It also allows a human to operate the same equipment (such as pod bay doors), should the robot malfunction.

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