Science Fiction No More: Humans and Robots to Explore Space Together
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 3:17
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style="text-align: justify;">When you hear about robots and space exploration, the first thing many people may think of is R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. While we may not be quite there yet, robots have become a major, even necessary, part of space missions. The many probes, landers and rovers that have been sent throughout the solar system are essentially robots, which have become more advanced over time. Then there’s the new
href="http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">Robonaut, a humanoid robot designed to assist astronauts with a variety of tasks in space including on the International Space Station, for example. But what is next? That was the
href="http://www.al.com/42/index.ssf/2011/10/post_143.html" target="_blank">subject of a panel discussion last Tuesday at the Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. The future being planned by the robotics experts involved is one of both humans and robots working together in space. The future is now…
style="text-align: justify;">See
href="http://www.universetoday.com/90395/science-fiction-no-more-humans-and-robots-to-explore-space-together" target="_blank">Universe Today for the full article.
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