On Easter Sunday, SpaceX will deliver a pair of legs to 'Robonaut.' This is the next big step in NASA's quest to develop robotic helpers for astronauts. With legs, the 8-foot Robonaut will be able to do chores for the human crew on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n
Robonaut, the first out-of-this-world humanoid, is finally getting its space legs. <\/p>\n
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For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up. This new pair of legs means the experimental robot now stuck on a pedestal is going mobile at the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
\"Legs are going to really kind of open up the robot's horizons,\" said Robert Ambrose from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. <\/p>\n
It's the next big step in NASA's quest to develop robotic helpers for astronauts. With legs, the 8-foot Robonaut will be able to climb throughout the 260-mile-high outpost, performing mundane cleaning chores and fetching things for the human crew. <\/p>\n
The robot's gangly, contortionist-bending legs are packed aboard a SpaceX supply ship that launched Friday, more than a month late. It was the private company's fourth shipment to the space station for NASA and is due to arrive Easter Sunday morning. <\/p>\n
Robonaut 2 R2 for short has been counting down the days. <\/p>\n
\"Legs are on the way!\" read a message Friday on its Twitter account, @AstroRobonaut. (OK, so it's actually a Johnson Space Center spokesman who's doing the tweeting.) <\/p>\n
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