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Nasa tests robot hardware for planet missions

Great update from NASA,shared by one of our TDT parents –From BBC News:Nasa engineers are testing the next generation of equipment,designed for future human space exploration,in the deserts of Arizona.  The All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestial Explorer,or Athlete,robot is designed to be used to unload,transport,and handle cargo on the [...] [...]

From NASA Science News:NASA Outlines Big Plans for Humanoid Robot

R2 looks a bit more like c-3po,but it’s the real deal –a humanoid robot —a robonaut —heading into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in September. Check out NASA Science News for the full story:http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/29apr10_r2/ [...]

NASA,GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology

Neat piece of robotics news from Science Daily (NASA,GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology) NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries. Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement [...] [...]

Remember Apollo 11

Celebrate and remember the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with NASA [...]