Robonaut2: NASA’s Red Shirt Who May One Day Rule the Fleet
Back in the 60s, astronauts had to compete with monkeys to make their way into space. Today, NASA and GM have developed a new trainable, expendable crew member. Its name is Robonaut2. (The original Robonaut, developed a decade ago, never got off the ground.) Ambidextrous and designed to use the same tools as humans, Robonaut2…
