The former Young Astronaut in me jumped at General Motors’ offer to play with the RoboGlove. Who would pass up a chance to flex space-aged superhuman strength? I traveled to GM’s Warren, Michigan Technical Center, where its robotics program lives. I didn’t know that one of the famed Robonauts would be at GM to greet me along with the engineers who helped build it.
The RoboGlove is the offspring of Robonaut
The RoboGlove is the offspring of Robonaut (known as R2, naturally) the human safe robot that’s been touring space aboard the International Space Station. It is the fruit of a NASA, GM, and Oceaneering partnership. When the Robonaut was first shown in 2010, it captured the otherworldly imagination for its traditional Daft Punk-like...
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