GM and NASA Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology


Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, NASA and GM engineers and scientists came together at NASAs Johnson Space Center to build a new dexterous humanoid robot (Robonaut2, or R2 for short) capable of working side by side with people whether that means helping GM create safer cars and safer manufacturing plants or assisting NASA astronauts on dangerous space missions. See our related post on GM's and NASA's collaboration. Video from gmblogs.