NASA has created a new robot RoboThespian

    While it is planned to launch into orbit a robot-astronaut created by NASA, the specialists of this organization have completed work on another robot, which was named RoboThespian. True, this robot will not help astronauts or perform any complex work. Its peculiarity in the materials of which RoboThespian is made - the fact is that ordinary NASA robots are made of rather expensive materials. But this robot is built from components that can be easily found either on the radio market or in computer stores. In addition, its propulsion system is not servos and their ilk, but a pneumatic propulsion system operating on compressed air.

    Such a "musculoskeletal system" can work almost silently, which is unattainable for robots with servo drives. Currently, this robot can already be admired at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Currently, it is planned to open the robot to visitors so that it performs all sorts of tricks. Developers can further teach him to conduct real tours in the center.

    It is interesting that there is no information on the cost of creating a robot, however, the computing capabilities of the robot are based on an Intel Atom processor with a frequency of 1.6 GHz, a 32-gigabyte SSD drive, plus separate mobile processors 800-MHz ARM are installed. It is worth noting that another 5 additional processors control the extremities of the robot and its head with the body. RoboThespian software is built on top of Gentoo Linux and additional open-source software.

    Interestingly, the robot weighs only 33 kilograms with an increase of 165 centimeters - the robot turned out to be rather light, agree. It is interesting that our robotic friend from Florida was developing for three whole years, and work on projects was completed only now. In November, the robot will delight visitors, as mentioned above. By the way, in the same year the robot software will be posted, in the public domain on the Web.

    If the presented robot is successful, the companies that took part in the development of this human assistant are going to start mass production, putting it on sale.


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