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NASA to Launch Robonaut This Year

Robonaut2 NASA View Photo GalleryLater this year, NASA's R2 will become the first humanoid robot resident of the International Space Station. The launch of the handsome android, which until now had...

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Gallery: Humanoid Robots From Around the World

Made in Japan: PalroOne of dozens of autonomous Japanese 'bots to hit the market every year.

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Are We in the Future Yet? A Robot Astronaut Is Tweeting

Introducing Robonaut2 R2 was developed through a Space Act Agreement by NASA and General Motors. It is faster, more dexterous and more technologically advanced than its predecessors and able to use...

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Robonaut Is Getting Ready For His Big Trip to Space

Uncrating Robonaut NASA/Kim Shiflett He has been crated up and shipped to Kennedy Space Center. At the Space Station Processing Facility there, he is going to be carefully packed into his SLEEPR --...

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The Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Has Been Scheduled For June

Atlantis Preparations Workers finish the installation of space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines in Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA After months of...

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Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last

Robonaut on ISS ESA/NASA After being stuck on Earth for months longer than expected, robot astronaut Robonaut is right at this minute being released from his crate, on board the International Space...

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Video: NASA's Methane-Powered Launcher Lifts Off With a Blue-Hot Column of Flame

Project Morpheus Launch Project Morpheus hot fire #5 was successful earlier this week. NASA NASA's Project M, an awesome concept to use vertical launch systems to send robonauts to the moon, is still...

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Social Robot Designed To Befriend Lonely Astronauts

A Friendly Robot For Lonely Astronauts Kibo Robot Project NASA has already sent its own humanoid Robonaut into orbit aboard the International Space Station, and now Japan's JAXA is following suit. The...

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Big Pic: Robonaut Is Getting Legs

Robonaut Grips Handrails With Its Feet NASA Update, 4/14/14: The SpaceX launch that was supposed to bring Robonaut 2 its legs has been postponed. The Falcon 9 rocket has a helium leak, NASA tweeted....

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NASA to Launch Robonaut This Year

Later this year, NASA's R2 will become the first humanoid robot resident of the International Space Station. The launch of the handsome android, which until now had not been…

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Are We in the Future Yet? A Robot Astronaut Is Tweeting

Robonaut-2, NASA's robot astronaut, now has a Twitter account. Indeed, the space-bound humanoid machine is taking questions from humans, tagged #4R2 on Twitter, and will be…

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Robonaut Is Getting Ready For His Big Trip to Space

He has been crated up and shipped to Kennedy Space Center. At the Space Station Processing Facility there, he is going to be carefully packed into his SLEEPR -- the…

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The Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Has Been Scheduled For June

After months of delays and unusual personnel issues, NASA finally has a launch date for the last space shuttle mission. Just one snag remains: there’s no money to pay for it…

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Robonaut Is Unboxed At Long Last

After being stuck on Earth for months longer than expected, robot astronaut Robonaut is right at this minute being released from his crate, on board the International Space…

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Video: NASA's Methane-Powered Launcher Lifts Off With a Blue-Hot Column of Flame

NASA's Project M, an awesome concept to use vertical launch systems to send robonauts to the moon, is still moving forward despite Robonaut's one-way trip to the…

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Social Robot Designed To Befriend Lonely Astronauts

NASA has already sent its own humanoid Robonaut into orbit aboard the International Space Station, and now Japan's JAXA is following suit. The small humanoid will travel to…

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Big Pic: Robonaut Is Getting Legs

Update, 4/14/14: The SpaceX launch that was supposed to bring Robonaut 2 its legs has been postponed. The Falcon 9 rocket has a helium leak, NASA tweeted. R2 responded to…

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