NASA and GM have combined forces to advance crappy Robonaut 1 (with his Star Warsesque head and his creepy fake muscles) into the sleek killing machine that is Robonaut 2, or R2 as he is known to his friends. Did I say killing machine? I meant humanoid telepresence-based space hero, so easy to get those mixed up.
R2 will be able to use the same tools humans use, things like hammers, staplers, sellotape, a bow and arrow, wiimotes, sticks of dynamite, spoons, lego, window spray, frying pans and, of course, big and dangerous guns. Probably with lasers and tiny rockets that make you go all dead. But that doesn’t matter as R2 will be floating above the world in the spaceosphere, hooray! Except that he will also be on Earth, forced to work in GM’s factories making sure people don’t get pwnd by those reckless and emotionless robotic arms. I’m not suggesting R2 might be dangerous or anything, but have you seen those lasers coming out of R2′s knuckles? My suspicion is suitably piqued.
R2 looks pretty cool too, what with its big shiny head. Rather like Master Chief from the ever popular youth video arcade game ‘Halo 3: Killing Stuff Lolz’. Go on, check out the likeness here. Okay, that was just a funny picture I found, real likeness here.
Okay, I am going to leave you with one more video before I go and hide, fearing that R2 has read this and is looking out for me. This is why we must fear. Meet Boba Fett Robonaut 1 (and Robonaut 1 doesn’t even have any friends to call him R1 either).
Robonaut 2 via Engadget via BotJunkie
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