In other news...

NASA gets sued by Skynet

Surely I am not the only one who is going to say.....

...."I for one welcome of R2 overloads!" :)

GM version.

"For GM, this is about safer cars...."

Presumably it's the Toyota version we should be scared of from a laser-and-chainsaw-equipped, flesh-rending insane killbot perspective then......

Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.

Ash from Alien? Has Ian Holm been alerted!?

In other news...

Last remaining humans accidentally killed in GM's fully robotic factory.

What bollocks

in case NASA hadn't noticed, it's the hands that are used by humans to wield tools, not the torso. Besides which, what the hell does it need a head for? Stupid anthropomorphisation.

"Hand Me That Drill, Please, R2."

"Here you are, sir." <WHIRRRRRRR> - <POP!>

"NOOO! My SUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiii................"

<flies off into space like an opened balloon />

In other news...

The Iranian space agency has developed prototype robots to do the work of humans in space. Looking like a humanoid, but only from the waist down, these robots were built to...

If they get the tech good enough ..

then they should build the robots specific to the tasks and forget sending humans, not make them like humans at all

would not 4 legs eliminate alot of the tricky balance and weight shift problems ?

would not 3 or 4 arms and *hands* with maybe 6 all opposable fingers make more sense ?

if the point is to make these artificial-autonomous creatures intelligent enough to get around on their own, do complex mechanical tasks, including repairing themselves and doing some martian rock climbing .. then why do we need the humans along ?

then why would we make them resemble humans ?

What's that R2?

You have a message?

A message from a princess?

this has all happened before

And it starts. By your command.

Robonauts Save the Moon

Now that we've lost the lunar Constellation, perhaps robonauts could be launched to LEO, get to the Moon via slow ion drives, land on the Moon with a small amount of propellant, mine ice, hop hundreds of km (using small amounts of H & O propellant) to conduct a large amount of virtual geologic science, let individuals "be" astronauts by purchasing virtual reality time, explore lava tubes, and construct habitats and life support for later manned missions.

Hail the Culture

I for one welcome our robotic companions so that i or anyone else never needs to sweat at work even if they pay us for it. Not to mention that the Culture is compatible with roddenberrys no money no problems gig. Hooray!