Robonaut
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A humanoid robot designed to perform relatively complex physical operations on space missions.
Example
More examples"Robonaut 2 was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors. Its hands are human-like, so they can grip items as human hands do. That is important because the components that need to be serviced in space — and the tools to service them — were developed with human hands in mind."
Etymology
From robo- + -naut (a robotic astronaut).
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