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i'm ron diffler i'm the robonaut lead at

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robonaut is actually a series of robots

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there's both the robonaut 1 and the

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robonaut 2. robonaut 1 was originally

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developed by nasa in the late 1990s

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and robonaut 2 has been developed over

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the last few years

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by a team of both nasa and general

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motors engineers

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it is a humanoid robot designed to help

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people perform a variety of tasks that

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currently other robots cannot do

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the goal here is that there are many

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tasks that can be

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more efficiently offloaded to robots for

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example in space

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when astronauts perform tasks there's a

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lot of setup before the task is actually

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started and a lot of tear down after the

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task is done particularly on space

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station setting up the tools setting up

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a variety of equipment

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if a robot can perform that task it

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allows the crew person to be much more

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efficient doing the things that only a

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crew person can do

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starting with r1 we went after

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both the hands and arms they give you a

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workspace and a dexterity that's very

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similar to a human

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we went to r2 we increased that we

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increased the speed at which we could

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perform tasks and we increased the level

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of dexterity so that we can even perform

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more tasks than the original r1 can

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general motors was looking just like us

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for more options when it comes to mixing

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robotic technology and the human

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workforce how can they be more efficient

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the more options you have both in space

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and in plant and in an assembly plant

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the better the opportunity is to become

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more efficient

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both organizations are looking for ways

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so that both space missions and assembly

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plants can be

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more efficient

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partnership between nasa and gm has been

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a fantastic one and it has resulted in

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benefits that we hadn't predicted when

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we first started together

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both sides are looking for as dexterous

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and as efficient a robotic system as

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possible

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but what's also been amazing is the

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application overlap between the two

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groups many things that we have to do in

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space that humans have to do are in many

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ways similar to

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the complexity the the situation when

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you're building a car both

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complex activities and we have found

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interesting overlap that's been into the

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my name is marty lin i'm the principal

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engineer of robotics for the general

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motors company

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general motors and nasa have a long

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history of working together going back

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to the original lunar rover

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it would seem like a natural fit for the

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general motors corporation and nasa to

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work together on the development of the

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the current robonaut was developed

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really as a result of a partnership

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between the nasa johnson space center

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and general motors so general motors

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sent down a team of engineers

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to work side by side with the nasa

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engineers developing and assembling

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designing and building the

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from general motors perspective we want

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to be able to automate tasks that are

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very repetitious dull or ergonomically

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challenging for our operators and those

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requirements are very similar to some of

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the tasks that nasa would like to be

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able to automate to help

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and astronauts so from that perspective

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we're looking at using robots and

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automation to support our operators to

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support our people doing the work doing

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the things that are not as value added

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we see the the technologies and the

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things that are developed that make up

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robonaut being used in our assembly

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plants very shortly

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we see great benefit to the sensing to

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the types of controls to the to the

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software that's used in robonaut we see

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that as being beneficial and and we'll

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be using that very shortly in our

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assembly plans

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the nasa johnson space center was really

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one of the world leaders in developing

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robots of this of this class

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it was a natural evolution for us to and

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the synergies between the two

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organizations was really great the

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natural evolution for us to be able to

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get together

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and be able to work on the

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latest

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general motors and nasa began working on

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the current robonaut r2 about three

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years ago the relationship has been

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fantastic the partnership's been

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fantastic and as you see from the robot

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the robot's pretty um pretty amazing

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device it really we have hit all of the

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objectives that we wanted it

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that we set out to hit when we started

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the partnership has been absolutely

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fantastic we've been able to develop the

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technologies that we believe are really

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going to help with the competitiveness

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of the general motors company as well as

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the competitiveness of the country

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robotics are really the future of

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of our ability as a country to be able

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one of gm's core goals is to lead in

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advanced technology and quality in

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creating the world's best vehicles

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the partnership with nasa and the

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development of r2 provide those

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innovative technologies that will help

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us achieve those goals in both our

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plants and our products

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for general motors it's all about safer

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vehicles and safer plants the

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technologies being developed in r2 will

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help our engineers develop advanced

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vehicle safety systems that will be used

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yes