Boston-Power Inc., the Westborough company specializing in lithium-ion batteries, said that NASA has selected its Swing battery system for use in Project M, a proposed project to land an operational humanoid robot on the moon in 1,000 days.
"Boston-Power’s batteries will provide power for the robot, known as Robonaut 2 or R2, a highly dexterous human-like robot designed to work alongside humans as a robotic assistant," the company said in a press release. "R2, developed jointly by NASA and General Motors to support astronauts working in dangerous environments and on repetitious tasks, is capable of performing a wide range of human skills and motions, and is the second generation of humanoid robots created for space travel."
Financial details of the arrangement are not being disclosed, privately held Boston-Power said.
The images with this post are from NASA and the Project M website.
