NASA humanoid robot to be tested as remote oil rig attendant

The Register
Jul 10, 2023, 2:27 am410 pts
Doing the dirty work for Australia's Woodside Energy will help prepare bot for work in space NASA announced on Friday its humanoid robot, Valkyrie, is headed to Western Australia, where Perth-based Woodside Energy will put it through its paces with a view to "remote caretaking of uncrewed and offshore energy…

Read Article Share
Share Article
- email
- x.com
- facebook
- pocket
- reddit
- tumblr
- linkedin
- pinterest

Trending Today on Tech News Tube

System76 is charging an eye-popping $5299 for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU upgrade on its latest PC: Video card dwarves RAM cost in latest Thelio Mira Linux computer

TechRadar

System76 is charging an eye-popping $5299 for an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU upgrade on its latest PC: Video card dwarves RAM cost in latest Thelio Mira Linux computer 130

Do you want to build a robot snowman?

TechCrunch

Do you want to build a robot snowman? 127

Did Kioxia just unveil the fastest SSD ever? GP series uses Storage Class Memory to feed the HBM GPU with millions of IOPS

TechRadar

Did Kioxia just unveil the fastest SSD ever? GP series uses Storage Class Memory to feed the HBM GPU with millions of IOPS 122

Can Elon Musk's Terafab turn chip independence into reality—or is it too ambitious to succeed?

Digitimes

Can Elon Musk's Terafab turn chip independence into reality—or is it too ambitious to succeed? 122

EVQ: I drive my EV for work, but charge at home – how do I track charging costs?

Electrek

EVQ: I drive my EV for work, but charge at home – how do I track charging costs? 121

SK Hynix plans TSMC 3nm adoption for HBM4E edge over Samsung

Digitimes

SK Hynix plans TSMC 3nm adoption for HBM4E edge over Samsung 119

Honda’s new full-size electric motorcycle snags awards on way to production

Electrek

Honda’s new full-size electric motorcycle snags awards on way to production 115

Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates

The Register

Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates 114

About Tech News Tube

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.

Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.

Featured

Tell us about your gaming habits and you…

Tell us about your gaming habits and you could win a $300 / £250 Amazon voucher

Salesforce recuits team behind calendar…

Salesforce recuits team behind calendar app Clockwise into Agentforce

CMA dithers on cloud probe as…

CMA dithers on cloud probe as Microsoft's meter runs on taxpayer dime

Cheap e-bike maker refuses recall as…

Cheap e-bike maker refuses recall as CPSC tells riders to get rid of it…

GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with…

GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws

China's AI GPU self-sufficiency to hit…

China's AI GPU self-sufficiency to hit 80% by 2030 highlights growing challenges…

Elon Musk wants to build 50 times more…

Elon Musk wants to build 50 times more chips than the world currently produces,…

We called Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 Plus…

We called Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 Plus "the best of both worlds between a phone…

Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as…

Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries as government shutdown leaves agents…

Nvidia sees self-driving cars as a…

Nvidia sees self-driving cars as a long-term growth engine