NASA robots
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NASA robots are robot
ic devices used to aid, augment, or substitute for astronaut
s in order to do difficult or rote tasks such as repairs in dangerous environments (such as those with radiation or micrometeorite risks), routine procedures (video capture), etc.
Robonaut is a joint DARPA
–NASA
project designed to create a humanoid
robot which can function as an equivalent to humans during extra-vehicular activity
(space walks). There are multiple versions of this robot using various locomotion methods. Some versions of the robot use the Segway HT for locomotion http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/robotics/2004-10-20-rise-of-robots_x.htm. Robonaut uses telepresence
and various levels of robotic autonomy
. While not all human range of motion and sensitivity has been duplicated, the robot's hand has fourteen degrees of freedom
and uses touch sensors at the tips of its fingers.
See NASA Robonaut Page
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
ic devices used to aid, augment, or substitute for astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
s in order to do difficult or rote tasks such as repairs in dangerous environments (such as those with radiation or micrometeorite risks), routine procedures (video capture), etc.
Robonaut
Robonaut is a joint DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military...
–NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
project designed to create a humanoid
Humanoid
A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...
robot which can function as an equivalent to humans during extra-vehicular activity
Extra-vehicular activity
Extra-vehicular activity is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth, and outside of a spacecraft. The term most commonly applies to an EVA made outside a craft orbiting Earth , but also applies to an EVA made on the surface of the Moon...
(space walks). There are multiple versions of this robot using various locomotion methods. Some versions of the robot use the Segway HT for locomotion http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/robotics/2004-10-20-rise-of-robots_x.htm. Robonaut uses telepresence
Telepresence
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location....
and various levels of robotic autonomy
Autonomous robot
Autonomous robots are robots that can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance. Many kinds of robots have some degree of autonomy. Different robots can be autonomous in different ways...
. While not all human range of motion and sensitivity has been duplicated, the robot's hand has fourteen degrees of freedom
Degrees of freedom (engineering)
In mechanics, degrees of freedom are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation of the body or system...
and uses touch sensors at the tips of its fingers.
See NASA Robonaut Page
See also
- RobotRobotA robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
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- NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
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