Mars 2025: NASA to Put Human-like Robot on the Moon

NASA's Project M

Recently NASA asked President Obama for $150 billion to send another man to the moon. Due to the current economic recession, such funds are unavailable. Instead, for $200 million + $250 million for the rocket, the US is sending a human robot to the moon.

The NASA and General Motors Built Robonaut [written about a few months earlier on OE Tech] will be sent to the moon in about 1000 days. The Robonaut [top half] was sent to the international space station last Wednesday.

"Project M also draws on other NASA projects that were already under way, including rocket engines that burn liquid oxygen and methane — a cheap and nontoxic fuel combination — and an automated landing system that could avoid rocks, cliffs and other hazards." New York Times

Sources: [New York Times] [NASA Project M Video]

The Future: Beer Robots?

This Week in THE FUTURE,

As conveyor belts have replaced many waiters and waitresses at many sushi restaurants across the world, the Heineken Beer robot is bound to replace bartenders within the next 20 years. Spotted by Engadget at the Kinetica Art Fair, the beer robot may soon replace dogs as mans best friend.

I always wondered why Heineken decided to be the first beer with a commercially sold mini keg. Now I know.



Source: [Engadget]

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]

Mars 2025: The First Crew

The Possible First Men and Woman to Land on Mars

Here at OE Technology we strongly believe the technology to land human life on mars already exists, it just needs to be adapted for suitable application. When imagining humans living on Mars or the Moon, it seems pretty logical that robots would be used to build shelters for human visitors. This technology is already under major development:

Honda Asimo

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Toyota Robot Violinist