NASA launched Robonaut 2 into space in February of 2011. This was a big deal: the humanoid robot would be the first of its kind in orbit. Robonaut was intended to help the astronauts aboard the ISS ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Robonaut, the first out-of-this-world humanoid, is finally getting its space legs. For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up. This new pair of legs means the ...

Not content to simply stand in one place, NASA's mechanical astronaut has found not one, but two new bodies that will allow it to move across land and space. Robonaut B, a robot built with humanlike ...

It might not be as fun as a console game or as detailed as flight sims, but neither of those lets you learn to control an actual robot astronaut; NASA's Robonaut ROS Simulator does. This open-source ...

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 humanoid robot set to join the STS-133 mission on the space shuttle Discovery will be enclosed in specially constructed packaging called Sleepr (Structural Launch Enclosure to Effectively Protect ...

Robonaut 2, a robot designed to help astronauts with difficult tasks, will leave the earth behind and start his new life on the International Space Station in November. Check out what he can do now — ...

Back in the late 2000s, when General Motors was still a force to be reckoned with, the carmaker entered a partnership with NASA to develop a humanoid robot that would live and work on the ...

Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 -- affectionately known as R2 -- is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week aboard the final flight ...

NASA’s humanoid robot looks like the offspring of a three-way between Daft Punk, C-3PO and a football player, and it goes by the name of R2 – Robonaut 2 if you’d like to get formal. The robot has ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...