I-Robonaut 2 - irobhothi lasemkhathini lakwaGeneral Motors

Indoda enamehlo adlalayo, nenhlese yezemidlalo yenza yonke imiyalo ngaphandle kokububula noma ukukhononda. UCathy Coleman usondelene kakhulu nale ndoda ephelele emhlabeni, futhi ubuhlobo babo busanda kuqala.

Yize bengakaze baye etiyetha yefilimu ndawonye, ​​futhi kuhlale kunokudla okulungele isikhwama, ingxenye engcono kakhulu kaCathy ukuthi uthando lwakhe olusha empilweni yakhe uzibophezele ekwenzeni yonke imisebenzi ayizondayo - okuhlanganisa nokuhlanza.

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Eqinisweni, ukuya kumamuvi noma ukuba no-ayisikhilimu kuze kube u-2012 ngeke kube yinto elula kuCathy, njengoba echitha amakhilomitha angu-425 (264 miles) ngaphezu komhlaba egibele i-International Space Station (ISS), kanti umlingani wakhe irobhothi elinobuntu elakhiwe ngokubambisana phakathi kwe-NASA nomkhiqizi wezimoto i-GM / Chevrolet.

I-Robonaut 2, eyaziwa kangcono ngokuthi i-R2, izosiza osomkhathi eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe ngemisebenzi yabo yansuku zonke kuyilapho yenza kube lula ku-Chevrolet ukuthuthukisa intuthuko ephambili. ukulawula, ukubona kanye nobuchwepheshe bezinzwa obusetshenziselwa ukwakha izimoto nezindawo zokusebenza eziphephile.

“Sizincinza nsuku zonke ukuze sibone ukuthi lokhu kuyenzeka ngempela yini. Sizizwa sengathi siphila ezikhathini ezimangalisayo futhi sishintsha umhlaba ngenxa yamarobhothi. Ubuchwepheshe berobhothi obusezingeni eliphezulu buthembisa ngokwedlulele, hhayi kuphela kuGM / Chevrolet noma iNASA. Uhlelo lwe-R2 lusinika ithuba lokuthola izindlela eziningi zokwenza lobu buchwepheshe busebenze, ”kusho uMarty Linn, GM / Chevrolet Chief Robotics Engineer.

Uhlelo lwe-R2 futhi luyisifundo sokuqala samathuba okuthuthukisa ukuklama kwemilenze yokwenziwa ngisho nama-exoskeleton amasosha alimele noma abantu abanokunyakaza okuncishisiwe, futhi mhlawumbe nokusetshenziswa kwezinzwa ezithuthukisiwe, ezifana nalezo ezisetshenziswa ezinhlelweni zokupaka. Onjiniyela nabo babheke ukwenza lula umsebenzi wabasebenzi bomugqa wokukhiqiza abaphakamisa imithwalo emikhulu.

Ukugeza izitsha noma izinkinobho zehembe lezinkinobho kuyimisebenzi yansuku zonke eyenziwa yilowo nalowo ngaphandle kokucabanga ngayo, kodwa konjiniyela abangama-R2 kuyimisebenzi ethakazelisa kakhulu. I-R2 iyona irobhothi elihlakaniphe kakhulu elake lakhiwa ngoba linezandla ezifana nezomuntu. Wonke amathuluzi nemishini esiteshini sasemkhathini yakhelwe ukuthi isetshenziswe abantu bangempela, ngakho u-R2 kufanele akwazi ukwenza imisebenzi ngendlela efanayo neyabangane bakhe.

"Izingalo nezandla zika-R2 zinamajoyinti afana nabantu," kunezela uLinn, "izithupha zineziqu ezi-4 zenkululeko njengabantu, ngakho lobu ubuchwepheshe obushintshiwe futhi busetshenziswa ocwaningweni lwezokwelapha." Kukholakala kabanzi ukuthi abantu bakudala babekwazi ukusebenzisa amathuluzi ngenxa yesithupha esihlukile kweminye yeminwe, ngakho isandla sika-R2 saklanywa kucatshangelwa ukusetshenziswa kwaleli khono.

“Ngokungafani namarobhothi amaningi afana nabantu ngaphambilini, uR2 uneminwe emincane nezithupha ezifana nesithupha somuntu. Kubantu, imisipha inamathele emathanjeni. Imisipha eku-R2 isetshenziselwa amalunga amalunga anezinzwa nama-actuator esandleni. Lokhu kuvumela izilawuli zamarobhothi ukuzwa amandla okusabela ngokunembe kakhudlwana futhi zihlale zilungisa ukubamba kwesandla esenzweni ngasinye u-R2 azenzayo.”

U-R2 ukhombisa leli khono ngokuxhawula izivakashi ezivakashela i-GM Tech Centre yakwa-GM Michigan - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singakanani isandla namandla okubambelela, u-R2 uzilungisa ngokuzenzakalelayo.

U-R2 ungaba ne-torso, ikhanda namahlombe kuphela futhi ubekwe esisekelweni, kodwa akuyena uCathy Coleman kuphela owathandana nawo. Amakhulu ezingane nabafundi ababone irobhothi lisebenza njengengxenye yohlelo lwemfundo yomhlaba wonke ye-NASA manje babonisa intshisekelo enkulu kusayensi yobuchwepheshe.