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General Motors' NASA Robot On Tour

Posted by samzenpus on from the robot-parade dept.

diGitalRchitect writes "Robonaut 2, a.k.a. R2, described by its creator, General Motors, as the strongest, fastest, most dexterous and most technologically advanced humanoid robot visited GM's Warren Technical Center this morning in anticipation of its 'twin' heading off to the International Space Station later this month."

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  1. Grammar by Spad · · Score: 3, Informative

    One presumes that you meant to say General Motors' (or General Motors's if you prefer) NASA Robot On Tour.

    Unless there's a General Motor who's built a robot for NASA and is current touring, of course.

  2. By american standards by Viol8 · · Score: 2

    Remember americans suffer from serious Not Invented Here syndrome. They'll either pretend the opposition doesn't exist or will try and make out their own inferior designs are better. Its something detroit has done since the 70s against japanese and then european cars. And look how well that turned out.