NASA and GM Team Up To Build Robonaut2

MARS 2025

Theses Robonaut2 was designed to compete with Japanese Honda Asimo, and gives us a possible glimpse at the future of robotics. I want to note that the Honda Asimo and the Toyota Robot Violinist are both automobile companies while the Robonaut is a joint NASA anad GM project, thus suggesting the interest in a robotic, human-like, astronaut. The name, "Robonaut2," combines both robot and astronaut, clearly alluding to the clear fact that mankind will walk on Mars by 2025.

Sources:
[Gizmodo] [Engadget] [Crunch Gear]