NASA's Robonaut 2 on Display | National Air & Space Museum

NASA's Robonaut 2 on Display | National Air & Space Museum

Robonaut 2 is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Chantilly, Va. Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot to fly to space, is displayed publicly for the first time near the space shuttle Discovery. In 2011, NASA sent Robonaut 2 to the International Space Station. 

A Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), in collaboration with General Motors and Oceaneering, designed a state-of-the-art, highly dexterous, humanoid robot: Robonaut 2 (R2). R2 is made up of multiple component technologies and systems, including vision systems, image recognition systems, sensor integrations, tendon hands, control algorithms. R2’s nearly 50 patented and patent-pending technologies can be applied to many industries, such as logistics and distribution, medical and industrial robotics.

Learn more about NASA's Robonaut 2

https://www.nasa.gov/robonaut2/

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA

https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center

Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Capture Date: Oct. 24, 2024

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