Droids to take over heavy satellites for space exploration

Giving a fillip to the Star War saga, droids made by MIT undergrads are finally making their presence at the ISS. Developed in collaboration with NASA and DoD, the first prototype of the droid was tested at NASA’s KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft and is now exploring the realms of the space station. The little droids [...]

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Domo: A humanoid from MIT

To assist human living in numerous ways MIT researchers, have unveiled an avant-garde robot model called Domo that was previously only imagined in science fiction. This assistive machine has springs in its arms, hands and neck and can easily pick and place objects on shelves. The remarkable feature of this assistive robot is its human-looking [...]

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