Boston-Power announced that its award-winning Swing battery system has been selected by NASA for Project M to land a humanoid robot on the moon.
The company said it would deliver a 2.5-kilowatt energy storage system, along with an integrated battery management system. The batteries would provide power for the robot, known as Robonaut 2 or R2, according to Boston-Power. The proposed project, dubbed Project M, seeks to land the robot on the moon in 1,000 days.
R2 was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors and could support astronauts working in dangerous environments and on repetitive tasks. The robot is capable of performing a wide range of human skills and motions, and is the second generation of humanoid robots created for space travel.
As part of the initiative, Boston-Power and NASA have reached an agreement to develop an advanced, environmentally sustainable lithium ion battery pack capable of being mass-produced for NASA performance and proof-of-concept testing activities, according to Boston-Power.
The company’s batteries are currently being used in some HP laptops, while ASUS has announced it would use Boston-Power batteries as the standard battery packs in the B Series.
The packs will be tested at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston for possible integration into an advanced space vehicle as part of the Lunar Lander project, Boston-Power said.
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