First human-robot handshake… in space To my knowledge, in the history of human/robot relations, there has never been a time when humans shook hands with robots in space. Until yesterday, anyway. That’s because NASA’s Robonaut completed its systems checks aboard the International Space Station, which culminated in a handshake with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank. The robot, which has been slowly assembled over the past year on the ISS, has now completed its systems checks. In addition to the handshake, it also said, using American sign language, “Hello World.” “For the record, it was a firm handshake,” Burbank said to NASA. “Very nice. Nice job on the programming and all the engineering. Quite an impressive robot.” The Robonaut is designed to perform maintenance tasks aboard the space station to free up the Astronauts for more important research tasks. You can follow Robonaut on Twitter here. (Article Via)
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First human-robot handshake… in space

To my knowledge, in the history of human/robot relations, there has never been a time when humans shook hands with robots in space.

Until yesterday, anyway.

That’s because NASA’s Robonaut completed its systems checks aboard the International Space Station, which culminated in a handshake with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank. The robot, which has been slowly assembled over the past year on the ISS, has now completed its systems checks. In addition to the handshake, it also said, using American sign language, “Hello World.”

“For the record, it was a firm handshake,” Burbank said to NASA. “Very nice. Nice job on the programming and all the engineering. Quite an impressive robot.”

The Robonaut is designed to perform maintenance tasks aboard the space station to free up the Astronauts for more important research tasks. You can follow Robonaut on Twitter here.

(Article Via)

Source: forbes.com

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