The crew of the International Space Station on Tuesday switched on a humanoid robot, “Robonaut 2,” or R2, better known by its Twitter handle “AstroRobonaut.” You can watch the crew booting up the robot right now live via a Ustream. So far, they’ve managed to get it to move its arms, which approach a human’s in terms of dexterity.
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