NASA's robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, is headed home soon for a long-overdue repair. A litany of problems has kept the robot offline since it was upgraded with legs in 2014.

Before there was R2, however, there was Robonaut 1A, R2’s older sibling. Unlike R2, Robonaut 1A has no legs, but with its ...

But don't expect Robonaut to be walking on the moon anytime soon. NASA moves slowly with new technology. Robonaut is a 50-year project and designers are 17 years into Robonaut's development.

Robonaut B has video-camera eyes and humanlike hands, plus a modified Segway scooter for mobility. NASA via Space.com Aug. 23, 2004, 1:35 PM EDT / Source : Space.com ...

NASA's Robonaut 2 flexes its newly built legs in this still from a video demonstration of the robot's new capabilities released Dec. 9, 2013. (Image credit: NASA/JSC) ...

After 15 years of preparation, the first human-like robot designed for use in space is ready for launch. The robot helper, called Robonaut 2, is packed in a box-within-a-box and cushioned with ...

Robonaut 2 is a humanoid robot designed by NASA scientists, the first of its kind in space. It's currently only a torso with a head and arms -- no legs, although that's in the works.

Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the International Space Station is now mobile! NASA's Robonaut 2 has received a set of legs that will help it move around the station, and will ...

Robonaut’s legs have already undergone extensive testing here on Earth, and now NASA says that they’re ready to make their way up into space on a cargo resupply mission on Sunday.

NASA’s humanoid robot looks like the offspring of a three-way between Daft Punk, C-3PO and a football player, and it goes by the name of R2 – Robonaut 2 if you’d like to get formal.

NASA's space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Robonaut, the first out-of-this-world humanoid, is finally getting its space legs. For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up. This new pair of legs ...