R2, short for Robonaut 2, is heading to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Discovery in September. R2 is able to perform experiments in micro-gravity, working with astronauts on multiple experiments.
During the last three years, a team of General Motors and NASA employees, at the Houston’s Johnson Space center, designed, engineered and build the 300-pound, human-like machine, today known as R2.
On board the ISS, R2 will be in testing phase and is said to undergo various enhancements in the future to make it truly ideal as a Space Robonaut.
[CNN]
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