Operational Equipment, Robonaut 1A
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
label: Manufacturer
content: General Motors Corporation
label: Manufacturer
content: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
notes: label: Summary
content: Robonaut 1A is a remotely operated, experimental astronaut assistant developed by NASA and DARPA to handle tools and other small objects. In 2011 NASA sent Robonaut 2 to the International Space Station. After onboard testing with Robonaut 2, a later version may go to work outside the space station. It would be operated by an astronaut who remains inside, minimizing the risk to astronauts for exterior repairs and maintenance of the station. Robonaut 2 tweets from the International Space Station as @AstroRobonaut. NASA transferred Robonaut 1A to the Museum in 2014.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A20160070001
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Plastic, steel, aluminum, synthetic material
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D (L x W x H) (Overall): 17.8 × 26 × 4.8cm (7 × 10 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)