NEXTfest: Robonaut

The Robonaut is a prototype humanoid robotic system designed by the Robotic Systems Technology Branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Originally designed to assist crew during spacewalks, its mechanical arms and hands are capable of a range of actions are designed for outerspace environments. It’s engineered is to mimic the strength and agility of a human, so powerful tools such as a bolt driver are not much more of a problem then operating a pair of tweezers.

It is completely wirelessly controlled by a single engineer, outfitted with motion sensing gloves, a motion sensing headset as well as foot controls to drive the robot.

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