Twitter’s Latest Star… A Robot?
Posted by Bill Meeks on August 19th, 2010
Before he boards the international space station in November, NASA’s latest robotic creation Robonaut 2 is spending his time mastering social networking. Using the Twitter handle @AstroRobonaut, the robot is answering questions from the public about his upcoming trip from more than 14,000 Twitter followers.
Robonaut 2 was designed to mimic basic human task and serve as a futuristic helper monkey on the Space Station. Many famous Twitterers have taken notice of the newest Twitter phenom, with even Conan O’Brian chiming in:
The NASA robot doing chores on the space station has its own Twitter account. I’m glad to see NASA is still shooting for the stars.
Robonaut 2 was a bit snarky in his reply:
@ConanOBrien Astronauts are excited to have me @ station because they’ve programmed me to always laugh at their jokes. Jealous?
No word on if the tweets will continue from the Space Station.
Twitter this
August 21st, 2010 at 7:41 pm
When will people start putting “@” in their kid’s names?
Josh Bulloc
Kansas City, MO