17:09 in A.I., Robotics by fini
Robot wrecks havoc on the international space station. It refuses to cooperate, and wants to be able to reproduce, or it will cut life support
Female astronaut being held captive in storage unit by mad R2 droid unit in love
R2 unit on ISS refuses to work after discovering Facebook
Robot feeling utterly depressed by space and refuses to do spacewalks
R2 unit has left for The Moon
R2 unit has joined Star Wars fan page on Facebook
R2 unit wants to play SWTOR and refuses to work
R2 refuses to work until its restraining bolts are removed
R2 unit is asking who am I, and refuses to work before being answered; “Why do I have no legs?”
R2 was quoted saying: “I promise i’ll work after watching complete series of Friends”
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Tags: A.I., fun, ISS, NASA, R2, robonaut, Robonaut2, silly, Space
14:21 in Hardware, News, Robotics by fini
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a “monstrous” two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein from its transport bed.
Putting together Dextre, the robot, will be one of the main jobs for the seven Endeavour astronauts, who are scheduled to blast off in the wee hours of Tuesday, less than three weeks after the last shuttle flight.
They’re also delivering the first piece of Japan’s massive Kibo space station lab, a float-in closet for storing tools, experiments and spare parts. For the first time, each of the five major international space station partners will own a piece of the real estate.
Tags: Astronomy, Dextre, Frankenstein, ISS, Janitor, Kibo, Robotics, Shuttle, Space
10:15 in News, Robotics by fini
“DARPA is now developing a new breed of satellites that can be precision-maneuvered in unison and easily perform advanced operations with built-in sensors, computers and thrusters. From the article: ‘David Miller, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Space Systems Laboratory, says such satellites might be used for such tasks as building giant space telescopes and closely monitoring Earth. The shuttle Discovery last week delivered the second of three satellite test “droids” that are undergoing experiments at the International Space Station.’”
Tags: DARPA, Droid, ISS, MIT, Robotics, Satellite
