Located inside of our Starship Gallery, Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Working alongside astronauts, the robot assists in tasks that are deemed too risky. | Space Center Houston

116K views · 3.4K reactions | Astronaut Terry Virts sets up Robonaut on the International Space Station. One advantage of a humanoid design is that Robonaut can take over simple, repetitive, or especially dangerous tasks on places such as the International Space Station. Because R2 is approaching human dexterity, tasks such as changing out an air filter can be performed without modifications to the existing design. | International Space Station | Facebook