The Robonaut 2 has been dormant on the International Space Station for 6 months, but astronauts powered it up yesterday, reports TG Daily. Click here to see pictures of Robonaut 2 > Robonaut 2 is ...

Meet Robonaut 2, NASA's robot helper for space station astronauts. The International Space Station's humanoid robot helper reaches out to touch a gloved astronaut hand in a photo that pays tribute ...

NASA's humanoid robot astronaut is getting its space legs. The space agency is building lower limbs for Robonaut 2, a robot designed to eventually help astronauts by taking over some of their ...

NASA robot handlers have been posting messages for the new space automaton, called Robonaut 2, under the name @AstroRobonaut since late last month and had gained more than 7,600 followers as of ...

NASA's Robonaut 2 has received a set of legs that will help it move around the station, and will eventually enable the bot to work on repairs both inside and outside the orbiting outpost.

Will Robonaut 2 usher in a new age of man-machine space exploration? No. Sorry to kill your buzz, NASA and GM, but your jointly developed humanoid robot, the Robonaut 2, is way over hyped. The 300 ...

NASA’s Robonaut 2 (R2) isn't half the robot it used to be. On Monday, the space agency released images and video showing new legs that will be added to the robot assistant currently working ...

Robonaut 2 will hitch a ride on a Dragon spacecraft as a part of SpaceX's 14th commercial resupply mission, which is set to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than April 2 and is ...

Built with the help of engineers from Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, R2, (short for Robonaut 2 not R2-D2), can use its hands to do work beyond the scope of prior humanoid machines.

A 300-pound humanoid robot named Robonaut 2, or R2, will hitch a ride along with the six astronauts who are making their way to the International Space Station. With its gold helmet and shiny ...

At its end, Robonaut 2, the humanoid robot which will finally make history, after several delayed missions, is currently receiving the final tweaks which would turn it into a reliable member of ...

Robonaut 2, for those not in the know, is NASA’s highly dexterous robot-astronaut that’s been assisting its ISS-based human counterparts with various tests and tasks since 2011. Sadly ...