Humans inside the spacecraft or on the ground tele-operating robots, free-flying robots, giant crane robots — all working together

Roland sez, "NASA is teaming together humans and robots to work in space, according to this NASA News Release. "We like to think of these as 'EVA (extravehicular activity) squads' — humans outside the spacecraft in space suits, dexterous robots, humans inside the spacecraft or on the ground tele-operating robots, free-flying robots, giant crane robots — all working together to get the job done," said Test Conductor Dr. Robert Ambrose, who also manages the Robonaut Project that supplied two dexterous humanoid robots for the test. He also said that "the technology could be ready for International Space Station jobs in the next three to four years." Look at this summary for more details. And if you need more information, all you'd ever want to know about the Robonaut is available directly from NASA."

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