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NASA's Robonaut 2 humanoid robot, developed with General Motors and installed on the International Space Station, suffered progressive hardware failures beginning in 2015 traced to a missing ground cable and was being returned to Earth for repairs as of February 2018.

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Date of incident
2015-01-01
Location
International Space Station
Model
Robonaut 2
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  1. 2018-02-16Report

    NASA's Robonaut 2 humanoid robot, developed with General Motors and installed on the International Space Station, suffered progressive hardware failures beginning in 2015 traced to a missing ground cable and was being returned to Earth for repairs as of February 2018.

    sciencealert.com
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