{"id":282,"date":"2011-06-02T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2011-09-14T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T21:08:07","slug":"i-robonaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"I, Robonaut"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/robonaut.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Robonaut handshake\" src=\"http:\/\/static.howstuffworks.com\/gif\/robonaut-a-1.jpg\" alt=\"Robonaut 2 (on left) became the first nonhuman to visit the International Space Station\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robonaut 2 (on left) became the first nonhuman to visit the International Space Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Space is as hostile as environments come. Astronauts encounter temperatures that swing from 248 F (120 C) to -148 F (-100 C), and that&#8217;s just near Earth. The temperature of deep space plummets to -454 F (-270 C). Even the relative comfort of a space station\u2014with its carefully regulated temperature, pressure and mix of gases\u2014offers no escape from the ravages of prolonged exposure to microgravity.<\/p>\n<p>If ever a setting called for robotic assistance, space is that place; but working in place of and, particularly, alongside humans requires a combination of strength, gentleness and dexterity unequaled by robots found anywhere else. Let\u2019s take a look at &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/robonaut.htm\" target=\"popup\">How Robonauts Work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space is as hostile as environments come. Astronauts encounter temperatures that swing from 248 F (120 C) to -148 F (-100 C), and that&#8217;s just near Earth. The temperature of deep space plummets to -454 F (-270 C). Even the relative comfort of a space station\u2014with its carefully regulated temperature, pressure and mix of gases\u2014offers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=282\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I, Robonaut<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,76,94,3,57,13],"tags":[79,83,130,131],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-computing","category-engineering","category-science","category-space","category-technology","tag-nasa","tag-remote-sensing","tag-robotics","tag-telepresence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}