Robonaut To Escort On Space Shuttle Mission

An anonymous reader writes "The STS-133 crew will deliver robot Robonaut 2 (R2) to the International Space Station. Cocooned inside an aluminum frame and foam blocks cut out to its shape, R2 is heading to the station inside the Permanent Multipurpose Module in space shuttle Discovery's payload bay. R2, with its humanlike hands and arms and stereo vision, is expected to perform some of the repetitive or more mundane functions inside the orbiting laboratory to free astronauts for more complicated tasks and experiments."

R2D2?

[Anonymous Coward]

R2.. is that you?

Re:R2-D2

[hedwards]

Nope, that would be R2+D2, what you meant is subtract it, sheesh, news for nerds.

"Bite my shiny metal ass"

[Drakkenmensch]

Just as long as they don't start staffing their shuttles with bending units!

Hmmm...

[Last_Available_Usern]

Does it have a giant red LED and talk in a very calm, soothing voice?

Re:Robotic enslavement

[Qzukk]

The PETR activists are gonna have a field day with this one...

I don't think robots are all that tasty.

A robotic escort...

[Anonymous Coward]

For those cold, lonely nights on the ISS.

R2 has hands?

[DrugCheese]

Next they'll ruin R2 by making him fly with tiny rockets.

Re:Hmmm...

[Capt.DrumkenBum]

No. But it does have a red light that moves from side to side, and it says "By your command." a lot.

Space robots

[captain_dope_pants]

For God's sake not a single "robotic overlord" post yet ? It's a fucking ROBOT. IN SPACE !!11!one =P