NASA Developing Robots with Human Traits

NASA's goal is not for robots to have the same "thought process" as humans, but for them to act, respond, and interact more "naturally" in ways that humans do with other humans.  The three areas that NASA will work on are collaborative control, reasoning mechanisms, and field work.

"Collaborative Control":

Is to help robots to speak to humans in a effort for them to work together as partners.

"Reasoning Mechanisms":

Will be put in place so that robots will be able to reason through problems and humans do.

"Field Work":

Will take place so that test can be made on robots helping assemble buildings, test equipment, weld structures and dig with small tools along with humans.

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