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西元2009年06月21日
Robonaut 2：美國宇航局發展機器人看似Top Gear的Stig
Robonaut 2: Nasa develops robot 'that looks like Top Gear's The Stig'
A Nasa “space robot” called Robonaut 2, which bears striking resemblance to The Stig, the secretive Top Gear character, is about to join astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
一美國宇航局的“太空機器人”稱為 Robonaut 2，驚人地相似那Top Gear的秘密角色The Stig，即將會加入國際空間站（ISS）的宇航員行列。
By Andrew Hough
Published: 11:00PM BST 16 Apr 2010
Photo: NASA
The 300-pound, human-like machine, R2 for short, is to be a permanent resident on the orbiting outpost 180 miles above Earth.
300磅、似人類的機器，簡稱R2，會成為地球上空180英里軌跡的空間站一位永久居民。
Looking like a human astronaut, the robot has a head, torso, two arms and hands and is also dressed in white with a gold helmet.
看似一個人類宇航員，機器人有頭、軀幹、兩臂和手，也穿著白色而有金頭盔。
It also is strikingly similar to the character on Top Gear, the popular BBC2 show that is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
它亦是驚人地相似Top Gear角色，流行的BBC2節目，由傑里米克拉克森，理查德哈蒙德和詹姆斯美主持。
The machine, jointly developed by Nasa and General Motors, the American car giant, is to be launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery in September.
這台機器由美國宇航局和通用汽車 - 美國汽車業巨頭 - 聯合開發，即將在9月份乘搭發現號航天飛機被發射。
R2's real-life limbs operate just like a human's, allowing it to use the same tools as the human crew. It will act as an assistant to the humans on board the ISS and will use the same tools developed for astronaut.
It will also be confined to quarters while engineers monitor how he operates in weightlessness.
R2 is currently undergoing vibration, vacuum and radiation testing before it is sent to the ISS.
R2是目前正在進行振動、真空和輻射測試，在它被送到國際空間站之前。
It is a better version of the original Robonaut, which was a humanoid robot designed for space travel, that was built by Nasa and the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency a decade ago. 這是一個原本Robonaut的更好版本，它是一個類人形機器人設計作太空旅行，是由美國宇航局和國防高級研究計劃局在十年前建造。
Nasa experts said its research could pave the way for more advanced robots, which can move freely around the space station, work with astronauts on spacewalks and even carry out tasks that are too dangerous for humans.
美國宇航局的專家稱，它的研究可開拓新路向有更先進的機器人，它可以自由在國際空間站移動，與在太空行走的宇航員工作，和甚至進行對人類太危險的任務。
The team of GM engineers worked for more than three years with Nasa scientists and engineers from the Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, at the Johnson Space centre in Texas.
John Olson, director of the Nasa’s Exploration Systems Integration Office, which is based at the Space Agency’s Headquarters in Washington DC, said robots promised to act as "companions that can carry out key supporting roles”.
“This project exemplifies the promise that a future generation of robots can have both in space and on Earth, not as replacements for humans but as companions that can carry out key supporting roles,” he said.
"The combined potential of humans and robots is a perfect example of the sum equalling more than the parts.
“It will allow us to go farther and achieve more than we can probably even imagine today."
He added: “Testing the robot inside the station will provide an important intermediate environment.”
Doug Cooke, associate administrator for Nasa’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, added: “This cutting-edge robotics technology holds great promise, not only for NASA, but also for the nation.
"I'm very excited about the new opportunities for human and robotic exploration these versatile robots provide across a wide range of applications."
For the GM, which recently filed for bankruptcy, the results could help the development of manufacturing operations.
Alan Taub, vice president of GM's global research and development, added: "The extreme levels of testing R2 has undergone as it prepares… are on par with the validation our vehicles and components go through on the path to production.
“Partnerships between organisations such as GM and NASA help ensure space exploration, road travel and manufacturing can become even safer in the future."
The Canadian Space Agency already has a humanoid robot residing at the ISS for spacewalk.
This week, Barack Obama, the US President, outlined plans to send astronauts to orbit Mars by the mid-2030s, followed by an eventual landing on the planet.
Making his case to a sceptical space community at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this week, Mr Obama said his new space exploration plan would lead Americans beyond the moon and to Mars within his lifetime.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7599810/Robonaut-2-Nasa-develops-robot-that-looks-like-Top-Gears-The-Stig.html
美國航天局將向太空站運送機器人
2010年04月15日08:45
來源：新華社
新華社芝加哥４月１４日電（記者 張保平）美國通用公司１４日在其網站上宣布，美國航天局將於今年秋天將一個與通用公司聯合研制的機器人送往太空站。
美國航天局開發系統綜合辦公室主任約翰·奧爾森說，在太空站利用“太空機器人２號”，是人類利用機器人開發太空的新開端，人與機器人搭伴對於開發太陽系至關重要。
這一稱作“太空機器人２號”、重達１００多公斤的機器人，將用於測試失重效應，目的是發展下一代機器人。
有消息說，這一機器人將於今年９月由“發現”號航天飛機搭載升空。
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