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GM Works With NASA on Robots to Boost Safety in Space, Autos
2010-02-04 12:00:01.0 GMT
By Katie Merx
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. and NASA are
cooperating on developing humanoid robots that may improve
safety in space, on the road and in factories.
The automaker and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration want to perfect technology for smaller, more
dexterous robots while looking for practical applications, they
said today in a joint statement. They didn’t say how much the
effort will cost or when the results might be available for use.
“We want to be able to automate tasks that are
repetitious, dull or ergonomically challenging for our
operators,” Marty Linn, the Detroit-based company’s principal
engineer for robotics, said in a video about the program.
The joint effort may expand uses for robots beyond the
large versions that automakers already have in factories for
some of the dirtiest and most dangerous work, said Dan Flores, a
GM spokesman. It also might reduce costs, which for each $1 GM
spends on robots can now range from $3 to $10 to ensure the
safety of workers near the machines, he said.
Technologies used in robots may also be applied to vehicles
systems, such as blind-spot sensors that help prevent accidents.
For Related News and Information:
NASA stories: NI NASA <GO>
GM and technology: 3341199Z US <Equity> TCNI TEC <GO>
Autos and U.S. economy: TNI AUT USECO <GO>
U.S. auto-sales rate: SAARTOTL <Index> GP <GO>
--Editors: John Lear
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GM Works With NASA on Robots to Boost Safety in Space, Autos
2010-02-04
By Katie Merx
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. and NASA are
cooperating on developing humanoid robots that may improve
safety in space, on the road and in factories.
The automaker and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration want to perfect technology for smaller, more
dexterous robots while looking for practical applications, they
said today in a joint statement. They didn’t say how much the
effort will cost or when the results might be available for use.
“We want to be able to automate tasks that are
repetitious, dull or ergonomically challenging for our
operators,” Marty Linn, the Detroit-based company’s principal
engineer for robotics, said in a video about the program.
The joint effort may expand uses for robots beyond the
large versions that automakers already have in factories for
some of the dirtiest and most dangerous work, said Dan Flores, a
GM spokesman. It also might reduce costs, which for each $1 GM
spends on robots can now range from $3 to $10 to ensure the
safety of workers near the machines, he said.
Technologies used in robots may also be applied to vehicles
systems, such as blind-spot sensors that help prevent accidents.
For Related News and Information:
NASA stories: NI NASA <GO>
GM and technology: 3341199Z US <Equity> TCNI TEC <GO>
Autos and U.S. economy: TNI AUT USECO <GO>
U.S. auto-sales rate: SAARTOTL <Index> GP <GO>
--Editors: John Lear
To contact the reporter on this story:
Katie Merx in Southfield, Michigan, at +1-248-827-7130 or
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Jamie Butters at +1-248-827-2944 or
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