Commodores Robot Cousin

[csv8]

Commodore’s robot cousin
By Paul GoverHerald Sun19 April 2010 will blast into space in September as a passenger on the Discovery shuttle before becoming a permanent resident on the space station.
Robonaut 2 is part of the same General Motors family as the Australian showroom favourite...

... but only a very distant relative, as well as the newest hero for a company clawing its way back from bankruptcy in the USA. It has been developed in partnership with NASA and its humanoid design means it will work in much the same way as people on the International Space Station.

The only difference is that Robonaut 2 has no real body just a 'chest' as a powerpack, with a 'head' for computer controls and 'arms' and 'hands' to use a range of space tools. The new GM robot is the latest humanoid worker produced by the car industry, which has used production line robots for more than a generation but is also investigating the sales potential for machines which can take over hard work from people.

Honda is into the third generation of its Asimo robot family, which looks like a toy but is being developed for home help and as a nursing assistant in hospitals, while Toyota even developed a robot marching band -- with one machine which can play a trumpet -- during its work in the field.

last into space in September as a passenger on the Discovery shuttle before becoming a permanent resident on the space station. "The use of R2 on the space station is just the beginning of a quickening pace between human and robotic exploration of space," John Olson, director of NASA's Exploration Systems Integration Office, said.

"The partnership of humans and robots will be critical to opening up the solar system and will allow us to go farther and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today." No-one will say how much Robonaut 2 cost, but its job in space will be to work alongside people in the space station's laboratory.

[Burnout]

The thing will detect a green light in the space station and have a 'burnout':P

[mik]

is Paul Gover on gm`s payroll??

[Quicksand]

*shakes head*

Paul continues to show is true colours...anything to shine light on his beloved Commodore. No matter how obscure the relationship.

Oh and GM are NOT clawing back from bankruptcy Paul...they are still heading in the wrong direction if last quarters losses are anything to go by....

I have no doubt this is a good program but it is such a stretch in it's relationship to the Commodore it's not funny!

[auxr]

FFS - Gover has and always will be in a league of his own.

Only he can link "Australia's favourite" with a bubble headed booby B9 robot that also is lost in space.

[Luke Plaizier]

"Clawing it's way back from bankruptcy....?"

Nice to see Paul still up for wild speculation. The 4.3Bn loss for last year seems to have slid right by him.


Lukeyson

[outside]

slow news day on the GM front

[bigdude1011]

As long as it actually contains artificial intelligence. We all know that the Honda Asimo is just a remote-controlled toy.

[pauljh74]

Originally Posted by mik

is Paul Gover on gm`s payroll??

I think he brown noses Holden for free - the personal enjoyment he gets from it is enough reward for him

[fordOwner]

I love it how its nick named 'R2' will the next model be called 'R2D2' ?

[uranium_death]

Gover slips on his ultra-tight Holden underoos everyday and goes out writing trivial crap.
The only thing missing to his image is a cape.

[SVD]

Originally Posted by csv8

Commodore’s robot cousin
By Paul GoverHerald Sun19 April 2010 will blast into space in September as a passenger on the Discovery shuttle before becoming a permanent resident on the space station.
Robonaut 2 is part of the same General Motors family as the Australian showroom favourite...

... but only a very distant relative, as well as the newest hero for a company clawing its way back from bankruptcy in the USA. It has been developed in partnership with NASA and its humanoid design means it will work in much the same way as people on the International Space Station.

The only difference is that Robonaut 2 has no real body just a 'chest' as a powerpack, with a 'head' for computer controls and 'arms' and 'hands' to use a range of space tools. The new GM robot is the latest humanoid worker produced by the car industry, which has used production line robots for more than a generation but is also investigating the sales potential for machines which can take over hard work from people.

Honda is into the third generation of its Asimo robot family, which looks like a toy but is being developed for home help and as a nursing assistant in hospitals, while Toyota even developed a robot marching band -- with one machine which can play a trumpet -- during its work in the field.

last into space in September as a passenger on the Discovery shuttle before becoming a permanent resident on the space station. "The use of R2 on the space station is just the beginning of a quickening pace between human and robotic exploration of space," John Olson, director of NASA's Exploration Systems Integration Office, said.

"The partnership of humans and robots will be critical to opening up the solar system and will allow us to go farther and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today." No-one will say how much Robonaut 2 cost, but its job in space will be to work alongside people in the space station's laboratory.

by that is he talking about the corolla? since when was the corolla a GM product :monkes:

[dom_105]

Jeez, that is a long bow to draw.

[NEEDspeed]

Here I was thinking Paul Gover WAS Commodore's robot cousin...