Hey NASA: This Is The Droid You Should Be Looking For
Keith’s note: Too bad NASA can’t buy robots like this. Instead they build clunky things like Valkyrie and Robonaut in-house – tethered droids that break often and don’t do much of anything. This robot can try out for the Olympics. At least the Russian’s FEDOR space droid who just came back from a flight to ISS knows how to shoot a gun. Just sayin’
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Dang Scary!
Wait’ll it gets armored up, weaponized (mission modules, no doubt) and learns master-level martial arts.
This is the Michael Phelps of robots while JSC robots are still in the shallow end learning to doggie paddle with water wings and a floaty.
It speaks too…
“I’ll be back”
Hmmmm. I remember the guy with the hockey stick knocking down the box it (a previous version) was picking up. The guy also pushed the robot over and over, repeatedly, sometimes knocking it to the ground…. he was pretty much “bullying” the robot….. Has anyone seen the guy again? =)
If you bought a lander from China and a rocket from somewhere plus a couple of these in a rad-hard shell, we could have a “manned” moon landing in 2024 !
I can’t help it. That damn robot just seems happy!