Thunder Chicken
Fine Threads since 2008
The Robonaut 2 is powered up:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-space-robot-20110824,0,3865374.story
Seems mildly interesting, but as it can't move around the station I don't see this as a big help in doing much of anything on the ISS. If they could put it on the exterior as a robotic surrogate controlled by VR inputs, it could spare astronauts some risky spacewalks. But for the moment, it looks kinda campy, more for PR than anything else.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-space-robot-20110824,0,3865374.story
Seems mildly interesting, but as it can't move around the station I don't see this as a big help in doing much of anything on the ISS. If they could put it on the exterior as a robotic surrogate controlled by VR inputs, it could spare astronauts some risky spacewalks. But for the moment, it looks kinda campy, more for PR than anything else.
