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'''NASA robots''' are [[robot]]ic devices used to aid, augment, or substitute for [[astronaut]]s in order to do difficult or rote tasks such as repairs in dangerous environments (such as those with radiation or micrometeorite risks), routine procedures (video capture), etc.

== Robonaut ==
[[Image:Robonaut.jpg|right|thumb|Robonaut resting on a Segway HT.]]
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'''Robonaut''' is a joint [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency|DARPA]]&ndash;[[NASA]] project designed to create a [[humanoid]] [[robot]] which can function as an equivalent to humans during [[extra-vehicular activity]] (space walks). There are multiple versions of this robot using various locomotion methods. Some versions of the robot use the [[Segway HT]] for locomotion [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/robotics/2004-10-20-rise-of-robots_x.htm]. Robonaut uses [[telepresence]] and various levels of [[Autonomous robot|robotic autonomy]]. While not all human range of motion and sensitivity has been duplicated, the robot's hand has fourteen [[Degrees of freedom (engineering)|degrees of freedom]] and uses [[touch sensor]]s at the tips of its fingers.

See [http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/ NASA Robonaut Page]

==See also==
*[[Robot]]
*[[Engineering]]
*[[Spaceflight]]
*[[NASA]]
*[[Spacecraft]]
*[[Space Exploration]]
*[[Space logistics]]
*[[Spacecraft propulsion]]
*[[Space transport]]
*[[Space logistics]]

==External links==
*[http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA JPL Robotics]
*[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/robot_worldbook.html NASA - Robot]
*[http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_Page/coolrobots.html NASA Space Telerobotics Program]
*[http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/nlinks.html NASA Robot Web Links]
*[http://robotics.nasa.gov/ NASA Robotics - Robotics Alliance Project]
*[http://aercam.jsc.nasa.gov/ NASA Mini AERCam Web Site]
*[http://psa.arc.nasa.gov/ PSA Education Page -- Personal Satellite Assistant]
*[http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/ NASA Robonaut Page]
*[http://traclabs.com/ TRACLabs, Inc. NASA & DoD Robotic Automation Contractors]

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