NASA to Send ''Robonauts'' to Moon by 2013

[Pei-chen]

Of particular note—other than these robonauts current lack of a lower body—is that construction....

So it is basically a rover with a robot head and two arms attached. We all know how long it took the Japanese to get robots to balance on two legs and I bet NASA isn't going to ask Honda for the lower body design.

 

[necronic]

Why are they human shaped? I can't for the life of me see any sense in that. Other robot designs have significantly higher functionality. Maybe if they are tank treaded below the waist, that might make sense, but there is a reason that Northrop Grumman's robots don't look like this.

Also, they need more guns.

 

[necronic]

whoops, I meant foster miller, not northrop grumman

 

[Guest]

sorry guys but kids these days are more interested in drugs sex parties and videogames and movie downloading that making progress to go into space