Star Wars IV, V, and VI planted profound psychological seeds into many born in the mid-70s to early 80s. Props are due.
Dec 202015
Aug 282015
NASA is finally letting Robonaut 2 do some stuff, and they’re sharing it with the public – there’s actually a steady feed of news, only mildly cheesy 1st-person commentary, and some decent R2 photos & video beaming down from the ISS.
August 28, 2015
Astrophysics, General Motors, Here First or Best Here, NASA, NASA JPL, NASA JSC, Robonaut, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology, U.S.A.
Feb 162015
Next to Team SCHAFT’s new Google overlords withdrawing them from further competition, the poor showing of NASA’s Valkyrie robot might have seemed the DRC Trials’s biggest disappointment, but it’s nowhere near that simple: NASA JSC and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) are keeping the flame alive, and by flame we’re talking like…nuclear blow-torch.
February 16, 2015
Boston Dynamics, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, Here First or Best Here, Military Robotics, NASA, NASA JPL, NASA JSC, Robonaut, Robot, Robot Space Torso, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology
Feb 222013
Gangly, multi-jointed arms aren’t going to cut it – we need humanoid robots in space. Robonaut2 is currently the only one up there (props, NASA), but there are others in the works, and they’re getting good – let’s check in.
February 22, 2013
General Motors, Human Augmentation, ISS, NASA, Robonaut, Robot, Robot Space Torso, Robots in Space, ROSCOSMOS, Space Technology, Technology, Telepresence
Jan 252013
Hundreds of robot & technology outlets (including this one) were scooped by a world-traveling random French guy who dropped by NASA Johnson earlier this month. Thanks to Antranik Zekian at Les Passengers (www.lespassengers.com) for permission to share!
January 25, 2013
Curiosity, General Motors, NASA, Robonaut, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology, U.S.A.
Oct 092012
While we all really, REALLY wish Curiosity would find an alien garbage dump on Mars, it probably just has a screw loose.
October 9, 2012
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Curiosity, Mars, NASA, Nuclear Stuff, Robot, Robots in Space, Space Technology, Technology
Sep 272012
The much anticipated RoboHub.org website portal clearinghouse thingy is now open to the public!