Having blasted off into space on February 24 this year, Robonaut 2 — the first humanoid robot destined to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station — is now unpacked and being ...

Robonaut 2 in the Destiny U.S. Laboratory during the first use of the Robonaut Tele-operation System. Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot designed to manipulate hardware, work in high risk ...

The real Robonaut 2 may be up in the International Space Station helping astronauts with day-to-day activities, but now NASA is giving you the chance to have your own Robonaut 2 to experiment with (in ...

(Phys.org) —Getting your "space legs" in Earth orbit has taken on new meaning for NASA's pioneering Robonaut program. Thanks to a successful launch of the SpaceX-3 flight of the Falcon 9/Dragon ...

After a long wait, Robonaut 2, the humanoid robot who is currently making its home attached to a post on the International Space Station, is finally getting its legs! Robonaut’s legs have already ...

Robonaut 2 — or R2 for short — is now tweeting at www.twitter.com/AstroRobonaut. With the help of its team, the robot sent its first tweet on July 26. R2 will be ...

Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the International Space Station is now mobile! NASA's Robonaut 2 has received a set of legs that will help it move around the station, and will ...

The NASA Robonaut 2, often referred to as R2, is an updated version of NASA’s original Robonaut. The new model is designed to be more flexible than its predecessor and is capable of lifting heavier ...

Legs—yes, legs—are on the manifest for the next SpaceX Dragon flight. The commercial spacecraft is expected to blast off March 16 with appendenges for Robonaut 2 on board, allowing the humanoid to ...

Adding a few more tweets to the 20 Billion already going through Twitter. The new NASA Robonaut 2 will tweet back mission updates from the International Space Station to its own Twitter account.

NASA's humanoid robot astronaut is getting its space legs. The space agency is building lower limbs for Robonaut 2, a robot designed to eventually help astronauts by taking over some of their duties ...

Robonaut 2, NASA’s first humanoid robot in space, was selected as the NASA Government Invention of the Year for 2014. Many outstanding inventions were considered for this award, and Robonaut 2 was ...