NASA Awards Space Robot R&D Projects to MIT, NortheasternNASA on Tuesday announced it has awarded one R5 humanoid robot each to MIT and Northeastern University to conduct research on adapting them for use in space. The universities were selected from U.S. entries in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge held in June. Each team will receive up to $250,000 a year for two years. They also will get technical support from NASA.
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NASA Awards Space Robot R&D Projects to MIT, Northeastern
